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GSA Scandal in Perspective: Hatch Act violation takes down GSA chief

The General Services Administration is no stranger to controversy. Lurita Doan, who served as the head of GSA between 2006-2008, resigned amid allegations she t...

Federal News Network Staff

April 17, 2012 8:37 pm

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The General Services Administration is no stranger to controversy. Lurita Doan, who served as the head of GSA between 2006-2008, resigned amid allegations she tried to steer a $30,000 no-bid contract to a friend and violated the Hatch Act’s prohibitions banning a federal employee’s political activity.

Before her “stormy tenure,” as The Washington Post put it, came to an end, Doan had drawn fire from both Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), then the chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa).

The Office of Special Counsel, in an investigation, found that Doan asked employees at an agency briefing how they could “help our candidates,” the Post reported — a violation of the Hatch Act.

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