A New Fed Investigation Targets Bush Admin Official For Using Gov Resources For Partisan Politics

[kpete]

Probe Targets GSA Chief
April 05, 2007 3:38 PM

Justin Rood Reports:

Another federal investigation is targeting a Bush administration official, this time for possibly using government resources for partisan political purposes.

The Office of Special Counsel confirmed to ABC News it has launched an investigation into General Services Administration chief Lurita Doan, probing concerns she may have violated a ban against conducting partisan political activity at government expense by participating in a meeting featuring a presentation by a White House political aide on GOP election strategy.

Doan's agency spends over $56 billion a year on paper clips, office space, car fleets and other necessities for federal agencies.

In January, Doan attended a meeting at which senior White House political aide W. Scott Jennings briefed Doan, a White House appointee, and other officials at a GSA facility on Republican plans to win seats in Congress.

more at:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/04/probe_targets_g.html

[WCGreen]

1. Glue sticks from Red only businesses....

[ComerPerro]

2. how jaded must I be, for finding this hilarious rather than infuriating?

[Debi]

3. Here's the Youtube link to Congressman Braley questioning Doan

about the meeting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VePqzIrR-ao

[ComerPerro]

6. LMAO. "Golly gee, I just don't remember anything"

It reminds me of a quip by Al Gore in "An Inconvenient Truth", something to the effect of:

Its very hard to get a person to understand something when his paycheck depends upon his not understanding it"

[Debi]

8. Never seen these slides before. Was there but I don't recall.

I don't remember saying those things that my ENTIRE STAFF say I said. I don't know what that means. :rofl:

101 things to say in order to have a job w/the * administration. :P

[ComerPerro]

9. yeah, sure, I guess you could say that's what the slides are saying.

But I just don't see it that way.

I thought maybe these slides were developed for planning birthday parties for members of Congress


:rofl:

[charlyvi]

4. Lurita "I remember cookies" Doan?

Her Sargeant Schulz routine in front of the oversight committee should have resulted in her resignation; either she is totally incompetent, proven by her total lack of recall of a meeting that clearly violated the Hatch Act, or she's a liar. I vote for number two.

[Eurobabe]

5. YouneedaRita, what a dipshiterita!!

"Make sure you take my water glass, I don't want them getting my fingerprints. These people are making me paranoid!"

[charlyvi]

7. As well they should! LOL!

You got caught, Lurita! Hope those cookies were damn good!

[blogslut]

10. K&R

This is a great step. :)