Public Integrity posts at DOJ empty for a year?

I don't really know what this means or if it's important, but the fact that two top Public Integrity positions at the DOJ (one of which prosecuted government corruption and Abramoff) were open for more than a year seems important to me.

Especially since they were hurriedly filled after Gonzales came under fire for questions about not prosecuting Republicans.

GONZALES QUIETLY FILLED two long-vacant jobs.

With no public announcement, the attorney general named permanent chiefs last week for the Public Integrity Section, which prosecutes government corruption cases and oversees Abramoff-related investigations, and for the Fraud Section. Bill Welch, deputy chief of the Public Integrity Section, moves up, as does Steve Tyrrell, acting chief of the Fraud Section.

Both posts were vacant for more than a year. A Justice spokesman says the delay was because of interviewing multiple candidates. “It’s not something that can be done overnight,” he says.

Again, maybe nothing, but it set my antennae twitching.