Mike Causey

Mike Causey’s April Fools’ Day quiz answer

If you said No. 2, you are correct. The scam (read more about it here) involved employees of a private contractor the government hired because he said he could ...

Mike Causey@mcauseyWFED

April 1, 2013 2:00 am

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If you said No. 2, you are correct. The scam (read more about it here) involved employees of a private contractor the government hired because he said he could do it more efficiently than if government workers operated it!

Story No. 1, while a lot of fun, is a hoax. But it has been repeated many times and adapted, with a twist, at the Smithsonian parking facility in suburban Virginia.

Mike Causey

Mike Causey is senior correspondent for Federal News Network and writes his daily Federal Report column on federal employees’ pay, benefits and retirement.

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