Congress will stage hearing on GSA Vegas conference spending (with related video)

[Valin]

GOVPRO:

Michael Keating

4/11/12

 

There is more fallout from the resignation last week of General Services Administration (GSA) administrator Martha Johnson and the dismissal of her top deputies. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., has announced that he will examine the GSA Inspector General report, issued earlier this month, which detailed questionable spending related to a 2010 GSA conference in Las Vegas that cost nearly $823,000. After details of the report became public, GSA’s Johnson resigned.

 

 

The hearing, titled “Addressing GSA’s Culture of Wasteful Spending,” will take place Monday April 16 at 1:30 p.m. in the Rayburn House Office Building.

 

 

 

The following individuals have been invited to testify at the hearing:

 

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In a statement, Rep. Issa said, “After President Obama lectured the private sector about not wasting funds on Las Vegas conventions, it’s hypocritical that such a large agency with critical management responsibilities across government would hold this luxurious conference at the height of the recession and even spend thousands on custom-made coins touting the stimulus.

 

 

 

“Employees congratulating themselves and promoting one of the most politically controversial initiatives of this administration with taxpayer funds is indicative of the waste that exists in a bloated federal government. I appreciate the work of GSA Inspector General Brian Miller in investigating this matter. I expect that the committee will have additional questions for him and GSA about this wasteful spending,” Issa said.

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[RandyM]

Unfortunately, the hearing will probably cost us more than the $823,000 that GSA wasted.