Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Hotline Tips Triggering New Investigations into GSA official expected to plead the Fifth at House hearing Acting Administrator Apologies for wasted money Tired of Government Waste And Corporate Cheating Officials Slammed on JetSet Lifestyle Hearing officials ordered repay $5 600 as agency moves recoup expenses Las Vegas bash Staff Got Bonuses Planning Lavish 2010 Event White blames Bush administration Your Tax Dollars Their Party All a Big Joke $820 000 Bash Dime Sinks Chief Mastermind Behind Still Being Paid $$ Spent 5 Days in Hawaii RibbonCutting ExGSA Head Rips Obama For Blame Game Agency $250G Rewards Racks Up More Than Just Bill After 'Uh Oh' Memo GSA's 'Jackass' Awards Too Top Dem Calls Hearings On Agency's Panel Kick Off Spending Watchdog Seeks Criminal Probe

GSA whistle-blower testifies A General Services Administration official who first raised questions about overspending at a 2010 Las Vegas conference said Tuesday that she supported the findings of a government investigation and the steps taken in response to the controversy. The Incredible Stupidity That Created The GSA Debacle Former Government Services Administration chief Martha Johnson, GSA Regional Commissioner Jeff Neely and GSA Chief of Staff Michael Robertson swearing in before testifying at the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Now that the leadership and staff of the General Services Administration are being raked over the coals in Stupidity at the GSA: It Gets Even Worse Yesterday I wrote about the incredible stupidity behind the $823,000 conference that has landed the General Services Administration at the center of criticism and hearings on Capitol Hill. It's clear from the April 2 report filed by the GSA's Inspector General, Miller, that a culture of abuse had taken hold at the agency, where those ... Bribes, kickbacks in GSA scandal? Agency's inspector general wants Justice Dept. probe; Lawmakers blast GSA at hearing that's set to continues GSA scandal: Is Congress engaged in hearing overkill? Lawmakers holding four separate hearings on GSA scandal, raising questions over government waste in government waste investigation The GSA scandal's powerful and powerless players Click image to see more photos. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) It's getting heated on the Hill. Former and current employees of the General Services Administration (GSA) are being publicly grilled this week in repeated congressional hearings following the disclosure of a scandal involving a lavish 2010 conference for federal employees that carried an $830,000 price tag, billed [...] GSA watchdog says employees are reporting abuse The General Services Administration's internal watchdog said Wednesday that employees are heeding his call to report wrongdoing and messages on his hotline have triggered new investigations beyond an $823,000 ... Grilling shows GSA's dysfunction After a preliminary report detailed abuses, and after a final report that showed Jeff Neely may have illegally wasted funds, no one stopped him from taking more trips. Senate panels review GSA operations The General Services Administration has instituted oversight measures to prevent field offices from wasting taxpayer money, the agency's acting administrator and inspector general told two Senate panels Wednesday. Read full article >> GSA grilled over 'appalling' spending At a congressional oversight hearing Tuesday, Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif., said he was prepared to systematically pull apart the General Services Administration to the point where "we will make it a question to the American public whether the GSA is needed at all.
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/04/18/senate-focuses-on-cleaning-up-general-services-administration/
http://michellemalkin.com/2012/04/14/gsa-official/
http://michellemalkin.com/2012/04/10/gsa-addresses-scandal/
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/04/18/help-foxnewscom-fight-federal-waste/
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/04/17/lawmakers-slam-gsa-officials-for-south-pacific-trips-at-2nd-day-hearings/
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/04/10/federal-agency-cancels-new-vegas-conference-amid-scandal-over-its-lavish-2010/
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/04/07/white-house-pushing-blame-on-bush-white-house-for-gsa-debacle/
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/04/05/video-shows-officials-joking-about-cost-lavish-conference/
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/04/03/lawmakers-aghast-over-report-lavish-conference-footed-by-taxpayers/
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/04/16/ahead-hearing-issa-complains-mastermind-gsa-conference-till-being-paid/
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/04/05/federal-agency-accused-spending-820g-on-vegas-bash-also-spent-250g-on-incentive/
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/04/04/agency-under-fire-for-vegas-conference-recorded-ballooning-budgets-in-recent/
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/04/13/memo-gsa-was-bracing-for-fallout-over-las-vegas-extravaganza/
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/04/12/gsa-employee-jackass-awards-given-for-free-vegas-meals/
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/04/15/house-panel-kicks-off-wave-hearings-on-gsa-spending-controversy/
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/04/13/gsa-watchdog-asks-for-criminal-probe-federal-agency-spending-sources-say/
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