Hard penalty advised for GSA chief
The head of the General Services Administration should be “punished to the fullest extent” for violating a ban on political advocacy on government time, a watchdog agency has concluded.
The Office of Special Counsel, in a letter to President Bush, said GSA chief Lurita Alexis Doan engaged in “the most pernicious of political activity” banned by the 1939 Hatch Act when she asked, at a meeting of agency political appointees, how they could help GOP candidates.
“I recommend that Administrator Doan be disciplined to the fullest extent for her serious violation of the Hatch Act and insensitivity to cooperating fully and honestly in the course of our investigation,” wrote Special Counsel Scott J. Bloch.
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