{"id":2204030,"date":"2024-03-22T10:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T14:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-food-stamp-chief-offloads-policymaking-to-soros-funded-think-tank-ethics-complaint-charges\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T10:14:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T14:14:26","slug":"biden-food-stamp-chief-offloads-policymaking-to-soros-funded-think-tank-ethics-complaint-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-food-stamp-chief-offloads-policymaking-to-soros-funded-think-tank-ethics-complaint-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s Food Stamp Official Accused of Outsourcing Policy to Soros-Backed Organization, Ethics Complaint Filed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-food-stamp-chief-offloads-policymaking-to-soros-funded-think-tank-ethics-complaint-charges%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2204030&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Biden&#8217;s Food Stamp Chief Under Scrutiny for \u2063Alleged\u2062 Unethical Practices<\/h2>\n<p>Two months \u200cinto the Biden administration, \u200ca top\u2063 official \u2063at the Department of Agriculture found herself in a\u2062 perplexing situation. A <i>New \u2063York Times<\/i> reporter posed a question \u2062about a program that left her stumped.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The reporter\u2063 reached out to Stacy Dean,\u2064 the Deputy Undersecretary of Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, on March\u2063 30, 2021. \u2062The query \u2063revolved around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nearly-500-million-in-afghanistan-costs-were-called-into-question-by-oversight-agency-audits\/\" title=\"Nearly 0 Million In Afghanistan Costs Were Called Into Question By Oversight Agency Audits\">data suggesting<\/a> that food stamps may not effectively\u2064 address food insufficiency, \u2064with only a quarter of struggling Americans enrolled for this critical benefit.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Instead \u200bof seeking guidance within\u200b the Agriculture Department, Dean\u2062 swiftly \u2062redirected the question to her former colleagues at\u2063 the \u200cCenter on Budget and Policy Priorities, a think tank supported by George Soros.<\/p>\n<h3>Consulting Soros-Funded Think Tank for Answers<\/h3>\n<p>Dean&#8217;s email to the think \u200dtank requested insights to help \u200bcraft a suitable\u200d response to the reporter&#8217;s inquiry. Shortly after receiving \u200bthe reporter&#8217;s message, she sought advice, emphasizing the need for a compelling answer.<\/p>\n<p>Hours later,\u2064 the think tank responded, pointing \u200dto\u200d Census Bureau survey data that countered the reporter&#8217;s implications. The <i>New York Times<\/i> subsequently featured this survey as part of a story\u2063 on the Biden administration&#8217;s endeavors to enhance federal\u200b food assistance programs.<\/p>\n<h3>Ethical Concerns and Potential Violations<\/h3>\n<p>A watchdog organization, Protect the Public&#8217;s Trust, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ethics-experts-alarmed-by-nearly-100-decrease-in-clinton-foundation-donations-since-250-million-peak-in-2009\/\" title=\"Ethics Experts Alarmed By Nearly 100% Decrease In Clinton Foundation Donations Since 0 Million Peak In 2009\u00a0\">raised ethical concerns<\/a> \u200cabout Dean&#8217;s close ties\u2062 to the Soros-funded think tank. They filed\u2063 a complaint \u2063urging \u2062the Department \u2062of Agriculture&#8217;s inspector general to investigate possible breaches of ethical conduct.<\/p>\n<p>Although \u200cthe Center on Budget and Policy Priorities portrays itself as a nonpartisan entity focusing on policies impacting low-income \u2062Americans, it \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pitts-infamous-experimentation-on-aborted-babies-takes-center-stage-in-state-funding-battle\/\" title=\"Pitt\u2019s Infamous Experimentation On Aborted Babies Takes Center Stage In State Funding Battle\">receives significant funding<\/a> from Democratic \u200cbenefactors, including the Democracy Alliance and Soros&#8217;s Open Society Foundations.<\/p>\n<h3>Using Official Resources for Private Benefit<\/h3>\n<p>Records suggest that Dean may\u2063 have \u200cengaged\u2062 in \u2063activities benefiting her former employer, potentially contravening federal ethics regulations. For instance, she was involved in reviewing a draft report on \u200bthe WIC program prepared \u2064by the\u200d think tank, a task she carried out using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-has-signed-40-executive-orders-and-actions-since-taking-office\/\" title=\"Biden has signed 40 executive orders and actions since taking office\">federal resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Such\u2064 actions \u200dhave sparked concerns about conflicts of interest and the misuse of governmental resources for private gains, underscoring the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/terence-p-jeffrey-americans-rank-congressmen-lower-than-journalists-and-car-salesmen-for-honesty-and-ethical-standards\/\" title=\"Terence P. Jeffrey: Americans Rank Congressmen Lower Than Journalists and Car Salesmen for Honesty and Ethical Standards\">upholding ethical standards<\/a> in public service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In March 2021, a Department of Agriculture official faced a query from a New York Times reporter about a program she couldn&#8217;t address. The reporter reached out to Stacy Dean, the Deputy Undersecretary of Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, seeking her insights on data, highlighting a knowledge gap two months into the Biden administration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":2204031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Stacy_Dean_Deputy_Under_Secretary_of_Agriculture_2_736x514.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2204030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Stacy_Dean_Deputy_Under_Secretary_of_Agriculture_2_736x514.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2204030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2204031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2204030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2204030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2204030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}