A costly GSA convention in Las Vegas
...the federal government hired. (Note to readers: Yes, really. But make up your own joke; I'm on deadline.) Nor the frolic the GSA employees enjoyed as our guests at the $31,208 reception. All of that required extensive planning, of course. That must be why...info
Another GSA Official Placed On Leave
...hearings on the issue next week. Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, the chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, says she also will hold hearings on the GSA findings next week. CNN's Tom Cohen and Laurie Ure contributed to this report....info
2 House committees investigating GSA spending
...employee is applauded and named "commissioner for the day" for rapping about what he would do if he were head of the agency.The GSA worker sings in the video about all the spending he would do if he were commissioner and how he would never be subject to inspector...info
Congress to Probe GSA's Vegas Office Party
...to review, the GSA's 2010 Western Regions Conference in Las Vegas, which cost taxpayers $136,504 just to plan, plus $146,527 for food and beverages, $8,130 for photographs and $6,325 for commemorative coins, also featured a clown and a mind reader - both well...info
GSA Gave Vegas Party Commissioner $9K Bonus
...for the event. Mica also set the cost of an employee gift reward program at over $500,000. "The Administration rewarded the GSA Regional Commissioner responsible for both of these actions with a $9,000 dollar cash bonus after receiving internal IG briefings...info
Amount of gifts for GSA employees escalates
...pads, mugs and backpacks. But eventually they included items such as iPods, according to the committee, which oversees the GSA. Public Building Service employees received $328-worth of gifts in fiscal year 2009. GSA regulations limit awards to $99 per employee....info
GSA employee rewards program now also under scrutiny
...Jeff Denham , R-Calif., Thursday to Brian Miller, the inspector general for the GSA. Denham leads the subcommittee over the GSA’s public building service. He and Mica want Miller and his investigators to turn over to the committee any relevant reports or documents...info
GSA Employee-Rewards Program Now Also Under Scrutiny
...R-Calif., on Thursday to Brian Miller, the inspector general for the GSA. Denham leads the subcommittee that oversees the GSA’s public building service. He and Mica want Miller and his investigators to turn over to the committee any relevant reports or documents...info
Video plays up GSA revelry in Vegas
...get a top hat award. Donate my vacation, love to the nation, I’ll never be under OIG investigation.†Terlaje, reached at the GSA’s HonoÂlulu office, declined to comment. Staff writer Timothy R. Smith and researcher Lucy Shackelford contributed to this story...info
Video plays up GSA revelry in Vegas
...was showcased at a red-carpet awards ceremony during the conference’s closing dinner. In another clip, a top official with the GSA’s Public Buildings Service rewards 28-year-old Hank Terlaje by making him honorary commissioner for a day. Deputy Commissioner...info