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GSA official back to work after conference spending scandal
The number two at the General Services Administration's Public Buildings Service is back at work after more than a month on administrative leave following an inspector general report that the agency spent $822,000 on a Las Vegas conference.
Tags: David Foley , Jeff Neely , GSA ,
A tale of two agencies
The very different "scandals" at two polar-opposite federal agencies are still large on the radar, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. But how big a deal are they? What's likely to be the outcome, and how long will these two stories continue to have legs?
Tags: Mike Causey , Federal Report , pay and benefits , workforce , management , GSA , Secret Service , agency scandals
Senators call for GSA chief to look at PBS structure
In a letter to Acting Administrator Dan Tangherlini, a bipartisan group of senators called for an evaluation of the structure of GSA's Public Buildings Service, tying it to the wasteful spending of the Las Vegas scandal.
Tags: PBS , Public Buildings Service , GSA , Congress , Dan Tangherlini , Tom Carper , Tom Coburn , Mark Pryor , Rob Portman
Senators digging into GSA conferences in all regions
Two high-ranking senators requested information about conference travel and spending in all GSA regions in a detailed letter on Friday.
Tags: GSA , Joe Lieberman , Susan Collins , Congress , Senate , Dan Tangherlini , oversight
GSA Expo turns into a smaller, toned down affair
The Public Buildings Service Western Regions conference scandal is reverberating across government. A new Federal News Radio online survey found other agencies are feeling the effects of GSA's problems. More than half of all respondents said their agency canceled conferences or meetings.
Tags: management , acquisition , training , GSA , Dan Tangherlini , Larry Allen , Allen Federal Business Partners , industry , conferences , budget , Jason Miller , exclusive
Senators probe GSA financial controls after conference scandal
The leaders of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee gave the acting GSA administrator 21 days to answer 41 multi-part questions about the agency's efforts to prevent waste, fraud and abuse following the now infamous Western Regions Conference. Senators also recommended the agency review all other recent GSA conferences for possible problems.
Tags: Dan Tangherlini , Brian Miller , Susan Collins , Joseph Lieberman , GSA , conference spending , waste , fraud , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee , financial management , Ruben Gomez
GSA clarifies conference policy but industry concerns persist
A memo from acting administrator Dan Tangherlini details the steps agency employees must go through to receive approval for conferences and other travel. In wake of GSA Western Regions conference, other agencies also are reconsidering hosting conferences.
Tags: management , GSA , Dan Tangherlini , conferences , Jason Miller
GSA offered contractors tax breaks - at a price
A new General Services Administration policy is once again drawing fire. The focus now is on a GSA policy in which the agency offered tax breaks to companies to make federal buildings energy efficient as long as GSA received a "giveback." That policy, which has since been discontinued, is raising new questions about whether GSA was trying to raise money for its own budget without congressional authorization, whether that effort was legal and whether other agencies have tried anything similar.
Tags: GSA , energy efficiency
Mica calls for GSA to fire official embroiled in scandal
Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) is calling for the General Services Administration to stop paying an official at the center of the conference spending scandal.
Tags: John Mica , House , GSA , Dan Tangherlini , Jeff Neely ,
Private-sector mentality to blame in GSA scandal, senator says
Fingers are pointing in many directions in the wake of the scandal at the General Services Administration. Lawmakers on both the sides of the aisle have expressed outrage at the "culture of waste," but opinions on who's to blame for that culture are as divided as ever along party lines. Two congressmen told In Depth host Francis Rose about their very different ideas.
Tags: In Depth , Ben Cardin , Mike Turner , GSA , Gillian Brockell , House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform , Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
