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<item><title><![CDATA[ Doan Ends Her Stormy Tenure as GSA Chief ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/30/AR2008043001271.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/30/AR2008043001271.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ General Services Administration chief Lurita Alexis Doan has resigned as head of the government's premier contracting agency at the request of the White House, ending a tumultuous tenure in which she was accused of trying to award work to a friend and misusing her authority for political ends. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert O'Harrow Jr. and Scott Higham]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Doan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ends]]></category><category><![CDATA[Her]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stormy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tenure]]></category><category><![CDATA[as]]></category><category><![CDATA[GSA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chief]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lurita Doan]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. General Services Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[The White House]]></category><category><![CDATA[Henry Waxman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chuck Grassley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Scott Bloch]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sun Microsystems Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brian Miller]]></category><category><![CDATA[Emily A. Lawrimore]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Orleans]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reston]]></category><category><![CDATA[Capitol Hill]]></category><category><![CDATA[Technology Management Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Washington Post Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Homeland Security]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Office of Special Counsel]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Republican Party]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Senate Committee on Finance]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Tennessee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vassar College]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Sun Cancels GSA Contract After Price Abuse Probe ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/14/AR2007091402036.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/14/AR2007091402036.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Sun Microsystems, one of the government's top technology vendors, canceled its contract with the General Services Administration after months of questions from investigators and lawmakers over allegations it had overcharged taxpayers in recent years. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert O'Harrow Jr.]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Sun]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancels]]></category><category><![CDATA[GSA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Contract]]></category><category><![CDATA[After]]></category><category><![CDATA[Price]]></category><category><![CDATA[Abuse]]></category><category><![CDATA[Probe]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ GSA Head Tells House Panel She Has No Political Agenda ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/13/AR2007061302229.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/13/AR2007061302229.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The chief of the General Services Administration told a House oversight panel yesterday that she has sought no "personal or partisan political gain" during her leadership of the government's primary contracting agency. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert O'Harrow Jr.]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[GSA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Head]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tells]]></category><category><![CDATA[House]]></category><category><![CDATA[Panel]]></category><category><![CDATA[She]]></category><category><![CDATA[Has]]></category><category><![CDATA[No]]></category><category><![CDATA[Political]]></category><category><![CDATA[Agenda]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bush Is Asked to Discipline GSA Chief in Hatch Act Inquiry ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/11/AR2007061102169.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/11/AR2007061102169.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The U.S. special counsel has called on President Bush to discipline General Services Administration chief Lurita Alexis Doan "to the fullest extent" for violating the federal Hatch Act when she allegedly asked political appointees how they could "help our candidates" during a January meeting.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/politics/administration;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=18284909558" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/politics/administration;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=18284909558" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert O'Harrow Jr.]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[Asked]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Discipline]]></category><category><![CDATA[GSA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chief]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hatch]]></category><category><![CDATA[Act]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inquiry]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Oversight Chairman Wants GSA Chief to Testify Again ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402112.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402112.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee yesterday asked General Services Administration chief Lurita Alexis Doan to testify about allegations that she made "misleading and false" statements to an independent investigative agency. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Higham  and Robert O'Harrow Jr.]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Oversight]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chairman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wants]]></category><category><![CDATA[GSA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chief]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Testify]]></category><category><![CDATA[Again]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ GSA Chief Violated Hatch Act, Special Counsel's Report Alleges ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052401130.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052401130.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 13:26:04 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The U.S. Office of Special Counsel has found that General Services Administration chief Lurita Alexis Doan violated the federal Hatch Act when she allegedly asked GSA political appointees during a January briefing how they could "help our candidates" win the next election, according to a report by the office. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert O'Harrow Jr. and Scott Higham]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[GSA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chief]]></category><category><![CDATA[Violated]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hatch]]></category><category><![CDATA[Act,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Special]]></category><category><![CDATA[Counsel's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Report]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alleges]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ GSA Chief Violated Hatch Act, Special Counsel's Report Alleges ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/23/AR2007052301372.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/23/AR2007052301372.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The U.S. Office of Special Counsel has found that General Services Administration chief Lurita Alexis Doan violated the federal Hatch Act when she allegedly asked GSA political appointees during a January briefing how they could "help our candidates" win the next election, according to a report by the office. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert O'Harrow Jr. and Scott Higham]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[GSA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chief]]></category><category><![CDATA[Violated]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hatch]]></category><category><![CDATA[Act,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Special]]></category><category><![CDATA[Counsel's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Report]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alleges]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Changes Spurred Buying, Abuses ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/22/AR2007052201653.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/22/AR2007052201653.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In February 2005, an auditor at the General Services Administration presented evidence to agency leaders that one of the government's top technology contractors was overcharging taxpayers.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/politics/administration;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=18284910322" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/politics/administration;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=18284910322" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert O'Harrow Jr.  and Scott Higham]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Changes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spurred]]></category><category><![CDATA[Buying,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Abuses]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ GSA Briefing Now Part Of Wider Investigation ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/23/AR2007042301995.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/23/AR2007042301995.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The U.S. Office of Special Counsel is expanding its investigation of a January videoconference, conducted by Karl Rove's deputy for General Services Administration appointees, to look at whether the political dealings of the White House have violated the Hatch Act, its chairman said last night. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Higham and Robert O'Harrow Jr.]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[GSA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Briefing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Now]]></category><category><![CDATA[Part]]></category><category><![CDATA[Of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wider]]></category><category><![CDATA[Investigation]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Panel Asks Rove for Information on '08 Election Presentation ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/29/AR2007032901962.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/29/AR2007032901962.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee sought more information yesterday about a presentation by a White House aide given to political appointees at the General Services Administration that discussed targeting 20 Democratic congressional candidates in the next election. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Higham  and Robert O'Harrow Jr.]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Panel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Asks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rove]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Information]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA['08]]></category><category><![CDATA[Election]]></category><category><![CDATA[Presentation]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ GSA Chief Grilled on GOP Political Presentation ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/28/AR2007032801808.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/28/AR2007032801808.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The chief of the General Services Administration testified on Capitol Hill yesterday that she could not recall details of a Jan. 26 videoconference in which a White House official briefed top political appointees at the agency about targeting 20 congressional  Democrats in 2008. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert O'Harrow Jr.  and Scott Higham]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[GSA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chief]]></category><category><![CDATA[Grilled]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Political]]></category><category><![CDATA[Presentation]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ GSA Chief Is Accused of  Playing Politics ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/25/AR2007032501048.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/25/AR2007032501048.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Witnesses have told congressional investigators that the chief of the General Services Administration and a deputy in Karl Rove's political affairs office at the White House joined in a videoconference earlier this year with top GSA political appointees, who discussed ways to help Republican candidates.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/politics/administration;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=18284911247" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/politics/administration;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=18284911247" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Higham and Robert O'Harrow Jr.]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[GSA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chief]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[Accused]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category><category><![CDATA[Playing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Waxman Seeks GSA Chief's Testimony ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/06/AR2007030602648.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/06/AR2007030602648.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A powerful House committee chairman released new details yesterday about a widening investigation into allegations of "improper conduct" by the chief of the U.S. General Services Administration. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert O'Harrow Jr.  and Scott Higham]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Waxman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Seeks]]></category><category><![CDATA[GSA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chief's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Testimony]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ GSA Defends Administrator in Hill Inquiry ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/16/AR2007021601867.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/16/AR2007021601867.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The U.S. General Services Administration has responded to a congressional inquiry by saying its chief, Lurita Alexis Doan, did nothing improper last summer when she tried to arrange for a study by a company run by a woman with whom she had a "close professional relationship." ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Higham   and Robert O'Harrow Jr.]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[GSA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Defends]]></category><category><![CDATA[Administrator]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hill]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inquiry]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ House Panel Opens Investigation of GSA Chief's Deal With Friend ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/19/AR2007011901506.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/19/AR2007011901506.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee yesterday opened an investigation into a no-bid contract that the chief of the General Services Administration attempted to give to companies operated by her longtime friend. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert O'Harrow Jr.  and Scott Higham]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[House]]></category><category><![CDATA[Panel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Opens]]></category><category><![CDATA[Investigation]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[GSA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chief's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deal]]></category><category><![CDATA[With]]></category><category><![CDATA[Friend]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ GSA Chief Scrutinized For Deal With Friend ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/18/AR2007011801758.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/18/AR2007011801758.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The chief of the U.S. General Services Administration attempted to give a no-bid contract to a company founded and operated by a longtime friend, sidestepping federal laws and regulations, according to interviews and documents obtained by The Washington Post.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/politics/administration;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=18284911996" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/politics/administration;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=18284911996" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Higham  and Robert O'Harrow Jr.]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[GSA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chief]]></category><category><![CDATA[Scrutinized]]></category><category><![CDATA[For]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deal]]></category><category><![CDATA[With]]></category><category><![CDATA[Friend]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Trio From Hill Ask GSA Head Not to Shift Audit Burden ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/05/AR2006120501340.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/05/AR2006120501340.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Three federal lawmakers yesterday called on the new administrator of the General Services Administration to halt her plan to replace government auditors in the agency's inspector general's office with private auditors, saying in a letter that the change  could lead to less oversight of contractors. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Higham  and Robert O'Harrow Jr.]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Trio]]></category><category><![CDATA[From]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hill]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ask]]></category><category><![CDATA[GSA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Head]]></category><category><![CDATA[Not]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shift]]></category><category><![CDATA[Audit]]></category><category><![CDATA[Burden]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ GSA Chief Seeks to Cut Budget For Audits ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/01/AR2006120101645.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/01/AR2006120101645.html?nav=rss_politics/administration</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The new chief of the U.S. General Services Administration is trying to limit the ability of the agency's inspector general to audit contracts for fraud or waste and has said oversight efforts are intimidating the workforce, according to government documents and interviews. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Higham  and Robert O'Harrow Jr.]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[GSA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chief]]></category><category><![CDATA[Seeks]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cut]]></category><category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category><category><![CDATA[For]]></category><category><![CDATA[Audits]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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