GSA Scandal 77 times bigger?

[whatsthat]

Forget the bullchit they are there to serve the people. They are there to soak and rip off the people.

Hey Obama...you want fairness? You want more taxes? You dont think private companies should give out big bonuses?

OBAMA, HOW BOUT YOU CLEAN UP YOUR FREAKEN HOUSE FIRST!!! Bunch of damn crooks!

But remember......we got to raise taxes on the evil rich so the thiefs in Govt can continue to spend your tax dollars on themselves

Documents show dozens of questionable GSA conferences, millions in bonuses
By Doug McKelway

Published July 31, 2012

FoxNews.com

Remember Jeff Neely, the government official photographed living it up in a hot tub at a Las Vegas conference?

"He was the tip of the iceberg," says Rep. John Mica, R-Fla.

Mica's committee is now looking into wasteful spending at as many as 77 other General Services Administration (GSA) conferences -- all uncovered in documents obtained by Fox News.

The documents, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, show the extent to which GSA dumped money into questionable conferences, sometimes with little or no record of spending. They also show that while the GSA was hosting lavish affairs, they were also doling out bonuses to their party guest employees.

One of the more troubling conferences was held in 2010 in Crystal City, Va., where GSA employees within the Federal Acquisition Service spent hours drumming in what administrators billed as a "team-building" exercise.

But while lawmakers first uncovered that conference earlier this month, documents obtained exclusively by Fox News show the event was the setting for millions of dollars worth of bonus handouts.

According to the records, more than 3,700 employees received bonuses averaging about $1,000 apiece at the conference. The cost to taxpayers was $3.6 million -- minus the cost of the drumsticks, and the consultant who headed up the exercise.

Practices like this have drawn the ire of government watchdogs.

"The private company that hands out bonuses and rewards far beyond its ability to pay is going to be out of business. In the government, it seems to matter less because so many people seem to qualify," said Tom Schatz, of Citizens Against Government Waste.

Fox News' FOIA request found several GSA conferences have no record of spending -- no receipts and no way to account for the cost associated with travel and conference spending.

"It wouldn't surprise taxpayers to learn that these kinds of omissions occur at every agency. The lack of accountability is so bad that it's impossible to fire anyone," Schatz said. "It takes a hot-tub scandal to get rid of people at these agencies."

Firing more GSA employees may be exactly what Mica, chairman of the House transportation committee, has in mind when he opens a new round of hearings Wednesday on the lavish GSA conferences.

"They tried to do everything they could to cover up the October 2010 Las Vegas fiasco. Now, we're hearing there are dozens more. We're going to drag in all the parties involved and get to the bottom of this scandal," Mica told Fox News.



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My guess is that there are 7 times 70 slaps to the American people's face by the GSA.....

[whatsthat]

Bunch of Damn Crooks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But remember...we got to raise taxes.

But remember..corporations are evil and unjust.......and the rich need to pay their fair share.

According to Libs and Obama, big Govt is the solution and there to protect us.

Freaken crooks!


Bonus Blowout: GSA gave out $44 million in bonuses

Employees at the obscure General Services Administration are quietly gobbling up 10 percent of the entire federal government's bonus checks, a top Republican lawmaker revealed Wednesday, with the tab reaching a stunning $44 million last year.

The $44 million amount is far more than was previously reported. As House lawmakers convened a hearing Wednesday digging deep into alleged mismanagement and waste at the embattled agency, Transportation Committee Chairman John Mica, R-Fla, called the latest revelations "absolutely outrageous."

Disclosing the results of what he described as a preliminary investigation, Mica said bonuses totaled $44 million, with many bonuses worth $50,000 apiece and some going to workers now under investigation. One employee, he said, received a $79,000 bonus, adding up to nearly $260,000 in total compensation.

Lawmakers also said overtime payments were over the top. Mica cited one case where a worker with an $84,000 salary received $115,000 in overtime.

"There's something wrong at GSA when you have to pay an employee $115,000 in overtime," he said.

Though agency bonuses were worth 10 percent of all government bonuses, Mica said, GSA staff makes up just 1 percent of the total federal workforce.

Mica said, that up to 77 conferences are now under investigation.

D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton said she found it "difficult to believe."

The GSA, however, wasn't exactly taking its lumps. While Mica's panel held the hearing, the GSA was holding yet another conference -- this one at the sprawling Opryland convention center in Nashville, Tenn.



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