"I recommend that Administrator Doan be disciplined to the fullest extent..."

[Eugene]

The OSC report about Lurita Doan's misconduct at the GSA
is officially released. It is damning.

---

Source: Associated Press

GSA Chief Accused of Hatch Act Violation

By JIM ABRAMS
The Associated Press
Monday, June 11, 2007; 11:31 PM

WASHINGTON -- The head of the main federal contracting
agency, a longtime GOP supporter, should be "punished to
the fullest extent" for violating a ban on political advocacy
on government time, a watchdog agency concluded.

The Office of Special Counsel, in a letter to President Bush
released late Monday, said General Services Administrator
Lurita Doan engaged in "the most pernicious of political
activity" banned by the 1939 Hatch Act when she asked,
at a meeting of General Services Administration political
appointees, how they could help Republican candidates.

"I recommend that Administrator Doan be disciplined to
the fullest extent for her serious violation of the Hatch
Act and insensitivity to cooperating fully and honestly
in the course of our investigation," wrote Scott Bloch,
special counsel for the independent investigative and
prosecutorial agency.

Doan's attorney, in a June 1 response to Bloch also released
Monday, rejected the office's conclusions, saying Doan was
only peripherally involved in the January 26 PowerPoint
presentation by a senior White House political adviser at
GSA headquarters on helping Republicans in coming elections.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20...