BUBBLE WRAP. Engineers Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes came up the idea for bubble wrap while working on a new type of textured wallpaper in 1957. By sealing two shower curtains together, they trapped a layer of bubbles.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Special agents at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the largest investigative agency in Homeland Security, are classified as criminal investigators. They start at GL-7 with an annual base salary range of $33,829 to $42,055, or GL-9 with an annual base salary of $42,948 to $55,413.
One employee whose base salary was $54,554 earned an additional $45,799 in overtime, for an estimated total of $100,353 over the reporting period. Another employee was paid $76,566 in base salary but earned an additional $84,175 in overtime, for a total of at least $160,741.Capitol Police Chief Phillip Morse has taken repeated steps to decrease the amount of overtime, which costs about $53 an hour, according to testimony.ven department employees who appear to be making entry-level salaries â $56,243 for a newly trained recruit, $63,064 for a private first class, according to the Capitol Police website â brought in six-figure salaries on several occasions during the period.