New Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden last month abruptly removed Maria Pallante from the position she held since 2011 and reassigned her to a role of "senior adviser." In a letter to Pallante that was obtained by The Washington Post, Hayden listed Pallante's new duties, including undertaking a review of the library's retail operation. The job would require Pallante to file weekly reports to a deputy librarian, Hayden wrote; it would "not require any communications with Members of Congress." Pallante was told to move out of her office, and people close to the situation in the library reported that she was locked out of her computer.