Broadcast Chief Misused Office, Inquiry Reports--NYTimes

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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/30/washington/30broadcast.html?ei=5094&en=8590fa5730300061&hp=&ex=1156996800&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print



August 30, 2006

By STEPHEN LABATON
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 — State Department investigators have found that the head of the agency overseeing most government broadcasts to foreign countries has used his office to run a “horse racing operation” and that he improperly put a friend on the payroll, according to a summary of a report made public on Tuesday by a Democratic lawmaker.

The report said that the official, Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, had repeatedly used government employees to perform personal errands and that he billed the government for more days of work than the rules permit.

The summary of the report, prepared by the State Department inspector general, said the United States attorney’s office here had been given the report and decided not to conduct a criminal inquiry.

The summary said the Justice Department was pursuing a civil inquiry focusing on the contract for Mr. Tomlinson’s friend.

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