Jet Setting Postal Service Chairman Racks Up Big Travel Bill

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Free Beacon:

The chairman of the agency that regulates the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service has been racking up tens of thousands dollars for exotic foreign trips on taxpayer dime, according to travel records obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

 

Between 2012 and 2013, Postal Regulatory Commission Chairman Ruth Goldway spent over $36,000 on official travel to hot spots such as Rio de Janeiro and Doha—despite internal criticism and prior efforts by lawmakers to reign in her spending.

 

These trips occurred after a February 2012 Washington Post investigation into Goldway’s travel expenses. The Post reported that she had spent over $70,000 on trips since 1998, prompting both public and private admonishments from Congress.

 

“When organizations are struggling, good leaders often make a pointed effort of curbing their own expenses as an example,” Rep. Darrell Issa told the Post at the time.

 

Just weeks after the Post story was published, Goldway traveled to Bern, Switzerland for a Universal Postal Union Meeting, according to documents.