GSA Party Hawaii 2011!!!

GSA Party Hawaii 2011!!!

At the House hearing concerning the GSA’s extravagant spending, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, a Utah Republican, asked current GSA officials as well as a former one some pointed questions. The first was "What does it take to actually be fired from the GSA?"

Officials from the spendthrift General Services Administration turned a one-hour ribbon cutting ceremony in Hawaii into a weeklong, taxpayer-funded vacation, according to the Hill.

The disclosure comes one week after it was revealed that the GSA spent more than $800,000 on a lavish Las Vegas getaway that included comedians, clowns, and bicycle-building exercises. Go To Site

At the House hearing concerning the GSA’s extravagant spending, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, a Utah Republican, asked current GSA officials as well as a former one some pointed questions. The first was “What does it take to actually be fired from the GSA?” Go To Site

GSA took 5-day Hawaiian junket for 1-hour ceremony

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The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said Wednesday that five employees associated with the recently scandal-plagued Government Services Administration went to Hawaii for up to a week in 2011 to attend an hour-long ribbon cutting on space leased by the federal government for the FBI. [A GSA] employee indicated to the [Inspector General] investigator that trip was not isolated and that there was another, longer junket scheduled for Hawaii this fall.

Rep. Mica: GSA officials spent week in Hawaii for one-hour ribbon cutting

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Mica released a partial transcript of an interview with a GSA employee who said several employees went to Hawaii on a Saturday and returned the following Friday for a one-hour ribbon cutting ceremony. "That was the official reason?" the IG office asked. "That was the official reason, yeah," the employee replied, adding that these trips are "fairly frequent." When the IG office suggested that the employees were working hard the whole time, the GSA employee replied, "I doubt it."

GSA Employees Travel To Hawaii Five-days For A One-hour Ribbon Cutting

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The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said Wednesday that five employees associated with the recently scandal-plagued Government Services Administration went to Hawaii for up to a week in 2011 to attend an hour-long ribbon cutting on space leased by the federal government for the FBI. Details of the incident surfaced in a transcript of an interview between the GSA Inspector General’s Office and a GSA employee. The employee indicated to the IG investigator that trip was not isolated and that there was another, longer junket scheduled for Hawaii this fall.