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Is the GSA Just the Tip of the Iceberg?

Sean245 Wrote: Apr 19, 2012 9:54 AM

I may be splitting hairs and delving into semantics but Jeff Neely said the following, “…based upon my 5th amendment constitutional privilege.” I thought the Constitution guaranteed our rights not granted privileges. If the 5th amendment is a privilege who grants that privilege and who can take it away? Was this just a poor choice of words or an insight into his thought processes? Bottom line is that once you turn over the rock a lot of ugly things will crawl out, waste in government is business as usual. Kudos to the people following this up.

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Is the GSA Just the Tip of the Iceberg?

This week’s hearings on the General Services Administration (GSA) spending scandal may be ruffling some feathers, but regardless of how the event is painted by either side, the truth is that we have yet another case of severe tax-dollar waste within an administration, who, time after time, has lauded transparency and accountability. This particular GSA atrocity was concealed for over a year. Can we help but wonder about similar instances of excess that fly under the OIG radar at other agencies?

This is why Cause of Action wrote letters to 32 federal agency offices demanding information on their spending on...

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