On April 2, 2012, Martha Johnson, chief of the GSA, resigned after a
report by the inspector general identified improper payments for a
Public Buildings Service (PBS) Western Regions training conference in
Las Vegas. Before turning in her own resignation, Johnson fired two
other GSA senior executives, PBS head Robert Peck and senior advisor
Stephen Leeds. Four PBS Regional Commissioners, who had been
responsible for planning the conference, were placed on administrative
leave. The conference was the most recent in a series of similar lavish
conferences organized by GSA's Public Buildings Service. In previous
years, PBS also held conferences in New Orleans, Oklahoma City, San
Antonio and Lake Tahoe, where the Caesars hotel provided lakefront
views, a lagoon-style indoor swimming pool and a 24-hour casino. U.S.
Representative John Mica, chairman of the House Transportation and In-
frastructure Committee, called for a congressional investigation into
the misuse of federal money by GSA. Mica indicated “The Las Vegas
fiasco is just the tip of the iceberg.”
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-april-5-2012/gsa-holes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_elephant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boondoggle_%28project%29
http://www.gsa.gov/portal/category/100000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Services_Administration
General Services Administration boondoggle
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glenster
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james_woods
In previous
years, PBS also held conferences in New Orleans, Oklahoma City, San
Antonio and Lake Tahoe, where the Caesars hotel provided lakefront
views, a lagoon-style indoor swimming pool and a 24-hour casino.Oklahoma City??? Seems a little out of place on that list...