Party's Over for President Obama's GSA “It’s bad enough that President Obama’s GSA decided to blow nearly a million dollars in resorts across the country,but now a prominent official won’t even answer questions from Congress on the wastefu
Top Leaders.” “‘It takes a lot of work to spend $3,000 a person and at a time when unemployment was nearly 10 percent, Americans were suffering and GSA was enjoying the good times and doing so with high-ranking political employees,’ Issa said in a statement. He blamed the White House, which learned of Miller’s investigation 11 months ago, for waiting until his report was public to remove the agency’s top leaders.” (Lisa Rein, “Video Plays Up GSA Revelry In Vegas,” The Washington Post, 4/5/12)
Or Maybe Neely Is Too Afraid To Discuss The Bonuses He And Others Received For Wasting Taxpayer Dollars:
GSA Conference Organizers “Received Bonuses Ranging From $500 To $1,500 For Their Contributions” To The GSA’s Lavish Conference. “Four congressional hearings on the scandal are scheduled for next week. One will be held by Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), who said Tuesday that several conference organizers received bonuses ranging from $500 to $1,500 for their contributions to the event. She is seeking a list of those officials from the GSA.” (Lisa Rein, “Acting GSA Chief Calls Las Vegas Spree ‘Completely Unacceptable’,” The Washington Post, 4/10/12)
Neely Received A $9,000 Bonus, Despite A Committee Recommendation That He Not Receive A Bonus. “Jeff Neely, the event’s lead organizer and head of the San Francisco-based Pacific Rim office, received a bonus of about $9,000 for his performance in 2011, McCaskill said. The committee reviewing bonuses for Senior Executive Service leaders, including Neely, recommended that he not receive one. But senior agency leaders did not heed that advice, McCaskill said. Neely is on administrative leave.” (Lisa Rein, “Acting GSA Chief Calls Las Vegas Spree ‘Completely Unacceptable’,” The Washington Post, 4/10/12)
Or Maybe He Doesn’t Want To Answer Questions About All Of The Other Examples Of Waste From President Obama’s GSA:
President Obama’s GSA Sent Five Employees To Hawaii “For Up To A Week” To Attend A Single One-Hour Event. “The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said Wednesday that five employees associated with the recently scandal-plagued Government Services Administration went to Hawaii for up to a week in 2011 to attend an hour-long ribbon cutting on space leased by the federal government for the FBI.” (Chad Pergram, “GSA Employees Travel To Hawaii Five-Days For A One-Hour Ribbon Cutting,” Fox News, 4/11/12)
•“Some Of The GSA Employees Went Snorkeling During Their Free Time In The Mornings.” “The transcript indicates that some of the GSA employees went snorkeling during their free time in the mornings. The House panel is one of two in the chamber that will hold hearings about the GSA scandal next week.” (Chad Pergram, “GSA Employees Travel To Hawaii Five-Days For A One-Hour Ribbon Cutting,” Fox News, 4/11/12)
In 2010, GSA Sent 120 Interns And 20 Executives To A Five-Day Conference In Palm Springs. “About 120 interns and 20 GSA executives attended a five-day conference for the interns in May 2010 at a Palm Springs, Calif., resort, according to information provided by the GSA inspector general to a House committee.” (“General Services Administration
