[TonyInOhio]

If only she had flown to Spain with 40 of her closest friends, or gone on a "school field trip" to Mexico accompanied by 25 Secret Service agents, she'd have kept her job.

BTW, she keeps her pension.

[freeangel]

“BTW, she keeps her pension. “ This is theft and fraud. Why is she not in jail?

[Graewoulf]

Meanwhile, the drumbeat of Dictator Baby-Doc Barack continues to grow louder :

-— regulate -— control -— destroy -— Regulate -— control -— destroy -— REgulate -— control -— destroy -— REGulate -— control -— destroy -— REGU

[blueyon]

“One of its charges is to develop cost-saving administrative strategies. . . .”

Well by quitting she has done that. We will save by not having her at this job it looks like

[wiggen]

Held responsible? Will she have to pay some back? Like maybe the cost of the mind reader? Stuff like that?

[lowbridge]

““When the White House was informed of the Inspector General’s findings we acted quickly to determine who was responsible for such a gross misuse of taxpayer dollars,”

Who the heck does she think she is? The president of the united states?

[Noumenon]

Build a bicycle, huh?

Like this?

[driftdiver]

“The GSA is basically the federal government’s office managers, providing things like office space, desks, and cars to other agencies”

GSA is involved in a lot more than Desks. Nearly everything the govt buys can be done through the GSA, doesn’t have to be but a lot is.

GSA is the only self funded department. They get a % of everything purchased through them, which is then used for dept costs. So it actually comes out of the profit margin for the businesses selling through the GSA.

[AFreeBird]

>>> President Obama “was outraged by the excessive spending, questionable dealings with contractors, and disregard for taxpayer dollars...... <<<

ROFLMFAO!!!

Stop it, you’re killing me...

Outraged that such abuse was caught and made public I’d say. Naw, he don’t care. He does it right out in the open for all the world to see.

[Hatteras]

"President Obama “was outraged by the excessive spending, questionable dealings with contractors, and disregard for taxpayer dollars,” Lew said, “and called for all those responsible to be held fully accountable.”....

....now, if you'll excuse us, the President has a tee time at 9:30.

[Justaham]

Per Wikipedia: On February 3, 2010, Obama, in an unusual move for a sitting president, sharply criticized Bond and Republican senators for blocking Johnson's nomination, and complained that Republicans were blocking nominees for reasons that have nothing to do with their qualifications for their prospective jobs.[10] While at a retreat for Democratic senators, Obama made the comments in response to a question from Sen. Patrick Leahy about his judicial nominations. Obama expanded his answer to include not just blocked judicial nominations but also executive nominations as well:

“Nobody can tell me that there's anything particularly wrong with her. They're blocking her because of some unrelated matter. Don't hold this — this woman hostage. If you have an objection about my health-care policies, then let's debate the health-care policies. But don't suddenly end up having a GSA administrator who is stuck in limbo somewhere because you don't like something else that we're doing. ”

[Colonel_Flagg]

Among the other expenses were $3,200 for a mind reader

I knew they'd do that. < /s>

What I wish I knew is when the prosecution will take place. On the other hand, I guess I do know. NEVER.

[NEMDF]

I am sure this will be headline news tonight on the MSM channels...... (not...)

[kcvl]

Martha Johnson

[Fresh Wind]

President Obama “was outraged by the excessive spending, questionable dealings with contractors, and disregard for taxpayer dollars”

Only the King is allowed to do such things.

[kcvl]

http://twitter.com/#!/marthagsa

Martha N. Johnson; @MarthaGSA
Thanks to all the participants and federal employees that joined us in #Columbus for the #WHSummit. Next up, Orlando!

Martha N. Johnson; @MarthaGSA
.@USDOL has a large presence at the #WHSummit and talking about #jobs, training, and worker safety.

Martha N. Johnson; @MarthaGSA
RT @relevanza: It’s really an amazing array of people, backgrounds, interests here at White House Summit...just like America! #WHSummit

[Repeat Offender]

Among the other expenses were $3,200 for a mind reader; $6,300 on commemorative coin set displayed in velvet boxes and $75,000 on a training exercise to build a bicycle.

I'm going to guess........

mind reader = Joe Biden

commemorative coin set = 0bama 'historic election coins'

bicycle training exercise = display by Union Government Motors employees looking to create a "green" vehicle that [hopefully] won't burst into flames.

[GreyFriar]

Oh come on, resigning because of spending a measely $835,000! That is just “BUDGET DUST.”

And it gave Harry Reid’s union supporters in Las Vegas pay back for their support in the last election, and probably an extra bonus for every time they voted that day.

Sarcasm off.

[Chode]

and the RATS, take another one in the.........HA ha!!!

[mom4melody]

I am an event organizer for another federal agency. Our conference attendees barely get coffee and every single cent has to be accounted for.

The FAR and GAO set the guidelines and they apply to all of us. I don’t understand how they are able to justify this, since it’s approved in advance.

[DallasSun]

If they all resigned over outlandish spending the halls of congress would be empty. Which would not be a bad thing, come to think about it.