Waste included $6K in coins honoring GSA's work on stimulus
(NEWSER) - What happens in Vegas ... has come back to bite a federal agency that decided to throw itself an $822,000 conference that was every bit as posh as it was ill-advised. Martha Johnson, the administrator of the General Services Administration, has quit over the brouhaha, acknowledging in her resignation letter that "taxpayer dollars were squandered" in a "significant misstep." Two of her deputies were fired, and four managers have been suspended, reports the Washington Post . The incident is predictably triggering outrage on the Hill, with Joe Lieberman labeling it “a stupid and infuriating waste of taxpayer dollars," and the White House—fully aware of election-year accusations of bloated government—calling for "all those responsible to be held fully accountable." More»
