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The GSA scandal's powerful and powerless players 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 reveal of a scandal involving a lavish 2010 conference for federal employees that carried an $830,000 price tag, billed to America's taxpayers.Some of the key players in the scandal have accepted ... GSA scandal: Congressional overkill? Analysis: Four separate hearings on GSA scandal raise question - when does government waste probe become wasteful itself? With GSA scandal, blame the matrix? The scandal plaguing the GSA just keeps getting worse. It turns out that Jeffrey Neely, the senior government executive who coordinated the over-the-top conference that's the focus of a GSA investigation, brought his wife along on some of his trips — on taxpayers' dime. Five additional long-time GSA employees have been placed on administrative leave as the investigation broadens. Read full ... GSA scandal: Does agency have culture of waste, fraud, and abuse? Critics of the huge federal bureaucracy have a history of missteps to cite, from well before the latest GSA scandal, in which Jeffrey Neeley authorized $823,000 for a conference in Las Vegas.  The Real GSA Scandal: Job-Killing Big Labor Payoffs Stop the presses: Big-spending Democrats are finally up in arms over a federal boondoggle. Details of the U.S. General Services Administration bacchanalia get worse by the day. We've graduated from overpriced breakfasts in Vegas, friends-and-family junkets galore and in-house videos mocking their own profligacy to extravagant bonuses, alleged kickbacks, obstructionism and bribes. Bribes, kickbacks in GSA scandal? Agency's inspector general wants Justice Dept. probe; Lawmakers blast GSA at hearing that's set to continues GSA whistle-blower testifies on scandal 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. "I share your anger and disappointment in GSA's conduct," said Susan Brita, a GSA deputy administrator, at a House Transportation Committee hearing on ... GSA scandal: Congress gangs up on bureaucrats behaving badly The one budget cut both parties love is government waste, and four congressional hearings on the GSA scandal give lawmakers the chance to drill that point home – repeatedly. GSA Scandal Underscores Need for Government Contracting Oversight, According to the American Small Business League The following is a statement by the American Small Business League: GSA scandal's powerful and powerless players Former and current employees of the GSA are being publicly grilled this week in repeated Congressional hearings following the reveal of a scandal involving a lavish 2010 conference.
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