Republican activist E. O'Brien Murray filed an ethics complaint against US Ambassador to South Africa Patrick Gaspard, claiming Gaspard broke the federal law barring political
involvement by government employees by assisting de Blasio in last year's mayoral contest.
Survey Methodology This survey was conducted online within the U.S.
by Harris Interactive on behalf of CareerBuilder.com among 252 human resources professionals (employed full - time as a human resources representative; not self - employed; with at least significant
involvement in hiring decisions; non
government); and 8,038 U.S.
employees (employed full - time; not self - employed; non
government) ages 18 and over between November 12 and December 1, 2008 (percentages for some questions are based on a subset U.S. employers or
employees, based on their responses to certain questions).