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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION SIDES WITH TERRORISTS, I MEAN REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS

Cat.: General Services Administration, News & Comment
08. September 2008
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On the 7th year anniversary of 9/11, GSA, the federal agency that manages government contracts, is protesting federal building codes meant to deal with a terrorist attack. The New York Times' Eric Lipton reports that GSA thinks the cost of building a third stairwell ...

WHITE HOUSE, THOROUGHLY, POLITICIZED CIVIL SERVICE

Cat.: General Services Administration, Dept. of Housing & Urban Development, News & Comment, Dept. of Justice
31. July 2008
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The New York Times' Charlie Savage has a nice follow-up story on the damning Justice Dept. Inspector General report released Monday on politicized hiring practices. Savage leads with a 2005 email sent by the White House's office of political affairs to executive branch ...

DOAN DONE

Cat.: General Services Administration, Public servants & Politics, News & Comment
30. April 2008
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11 months after being found in violation of the Federal Hatch Act, Lurita Doan’s reign as Administrator of the General Services Administration ended last night when the White House forced her to resign. “I would rather get fired for something I believe in and a cause I was willing ...

Is GSA Losing Its Touch As Primary Procurer?

Cat.: Procurement, General Services Administration, Yesterday's News?
04. January 2007
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A tale is told of a once great supplier of federal goods and services, which may no longer be as great as it was.

 

Is this the story behind the story told by Daniel Pulliam of govexec.com?

 

It seems as though GSA may be losing its ...

Discord at GSA?

Cat.: General Services Administration, Public servants & Politics, Yesterday's News?
21. December 2006
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This story about the Head of GSA, Lurita Doan, and her Inspector General (IG) has legs as long as a giraffe’s.

 

What’s going on over there?

 

Not to dismiss the importance of objective, incisive program reviews, for which IGs are famous, why is there so much ...

Will New Legislation Make GSA Part of the Procurement Solution?

Cat.: Procurement, General Services Administration, Yesterday's News?
05. October 2006
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Any day now President Bush could sign legislation directing GSA to reorganize its massive procurement engine.  It is thought – and hoped – to be the medicine needed to transform a problem agency into an effective operating entity.

Many articles have been written about this in govexec.com as ...