FOXNews.com: Congress probes more questionable spending by GSA employees

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Congress probes more questionable spending by GSA employees Jun 2nd 2012, 13:28 Nearly 100 high-ranking General Services Administration employees assigned to work from home reportedly still spent $750,000 on travel over nine months, according to record submitted to Capitol Hill committees, prompting the agency to respond Saturday to requests for additional information. The letter said the agency, under the direction of acting Administrator Dan Tangherlini, has already began "conducting an extensive review of our agency's operations, which includes our travel policy."   "Our agency remains committed to eliminating any excessive spending and promoting government efficiency," the letter also states. The purported spending and letter to the agency from GOP Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, was reported first by The Washington Post.   The discovery follows the scandal that unfolded in April when the public learned the GSA's Western regional office in 2010 spent $823,000 on an extravagant, four-day conference in the Las Vegas area for 300 employees. The questionable spending by the work-at-home employees attracted the concern of the Western region executive, Jeff Neely, who was put on leave, then resigned in the wake of the 2010 conference scandal, according to e-mails and other documents provided to the House oversight committee, The Post reported. "OMG," Neely wrote in a 2011 e-mail to a colleague, Regional Commissioner Robin Graf, who had sent a spreadsheet to several managers with a breakdown of the travel reimbursement costs for virtual employees. "100 virtuals and most of them with some pretty serious grades," Neely wrote, referring to the employees' General Schedule status. "[W]ell this is a fine mess we've gotten ourselves into."  Neely forwarded the e-mail chain to other colleagues with this message: "This will take your breath away. Don't share further," according to the newspaper.

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