"I recommend that Administrator Doan be disciplined to the fullest extent..."

[Eugene]

The OSC report about Lurita Doan's misconduct at the GSA
is officially released. It is damning.

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Source: Associated Press

GSA Chief Accused of Hatch Act Violation

By JIM ABRAMS
The Associated Press
Monday, June 11, 2007; 11:31 PM

WASHINGTON -- The head of the main federal contracting
agency, a longtime GOP supporter, should be "punished to
the fullest extent" for violating a ban on political advocacy
on government time, a watchdog agency concluded.

The Office of Special Counsel, in a letter to President Bush
released late Monday, said General Services Administrator
Lurita Doan engaged in "the most pernicious of political
activity" banned by the 1939 Hatch Act when she asked,
at a meeting of General Services Administration political
appointees, how they could help Republican candidates.

"I recommend that Administrator Doan be disciplined to
the fullest extent for her serious violation of the Hatch
Act and insensitivity to cooperating fully and honestly
in the course of our investigation," wrote Scott Bloch,
special counsel for the independent investigative and
prosecutorial agency.

Doan's attorney, in a June 1 response to Bloch also released
Monday, rejected the office's conclusions, saying Doan was
only peripherally involved in the January 26 PowerPoint
presentation by a senior White House political adviser at
GSA headquarters on helping Republicans in coming elections.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/11/AR2007061102388.html

[Fridays Child]

1. Bush to OSC...

Who cares what you think? (I'll just about guarantee it.)

[MiniMe]

2. Bush's reply - "Its MY government"

And what is really sad is that he believes that.

[n2doc]

6. And whats even sadder is that it is true

He can do what he wants, and no one in the other branches will stop him. They might have someone accuse them of not supporting the troops or being soft on terror....

[mod mom]

3. TPM Coverage:

Special Counsel Calls On Bush To Punish GSA Head

By Laura McGann - June 12, 2007, 10:56 AM
The head of the General Services Administration should be punished "to the fullest extent" (i.e. fired) for wrongfully attempting to help Republican candidates based on their political affiliation, Special Counsel Scott Bloch wrote in a letter to President Bush released last night.

Now GSA chief Lurita Doan's fate is up to the White House. Bloch's Office of Special Counsel, which is charged with investigating Hatch Act violations, interviewed Doan for nine hours over the course of two days and spoke with 21 GSA employees, the Associated Press reports:

White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said they had received the Bloch letter and it was under review. The White House previously acknowledged conducting about 20 meetings over the past several years for federal employees on GOP election prospects while insisting that such informational briefings are neither unlawful nor unusual.


Doan is set to testify before the House Oversight Committee tomorrow.

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003412.php

[quiet.american]

4. We all knows what happens next - Bush will sing Doan's praises from every rooftop.

-- Oh, and he'll add that this is all a "partisan stunt."

[skygazer]

5. So she's next up for a Medal of Freedom, huh?

Cynical? Me?

[Supersedeas]

7. we need to see ACTION

[Uncle Joe]

8. Thanks for the thread Eugene

Kicked and recommended.