4 hearings this week on agency's spending scandal
Source: Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A culture of wasteful spending by the General Services Administration, the real estate agency for federal buildings, comes under scrutiny at four congressional hearings this week.
Two House and two Senate committees are expected to range well beyond revelations that the federal agency spent some $823,000 for a conference in 2010 at a Las Vegas resort.
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will conduct the initial hearing on Monday.
One GSA executive who is a focus of the investigation, Jeffrey Neely, has refused to testify voluntarily and has been subpoenaed to appear at Monday's hearing. His lawyer said the witness will assert his constitutional privilege to remain silent.
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