Jeffrey E. Neely , the embattled General Services Administration regional commissioner who planned a lavish employee conference in Las Vegas that cost more than $800,000, left the agency Thursday, a GSA spokesman said. Read full article > >

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Jeffrey Neely, who organized lavish GSA conference, leaves agency

UPDATED 11:10 A.M. D.C. Council member Marion Barry (D-Ward suffered a blood clot while traveling to Las Vegas for an annual retail convention, according to tweets on his official account Sunday night. Read full article > >

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The inspector general investigating lavish spending by the General Services Administration has told federal prosecutors an outside event planner violated ethics laws while helping to organize a conference at a swank Las Vegas hotel, according to government sources. Read full article > >

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There’s a reason they’re tucking away their ID badges for the commute. It’s an awful week to be a federal worker. First, we’ve got the infamous Las Vegas blowout that masqueraded as a GSA training conference. Read full article > >

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GSA and Secret Service bacchanals are bad for the federal brand

Senate Democrats take their turn Wednesday on the General Services Administration's $800,000 boondoggle — a simmering political scandal involving wasteful spending at a Las Vegas conference.

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GSA officials face Senate

Current and former General Services Administration officials faced bipartisan questioning Monday over an $800,000 Las Vegas conference.

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Panel Grills G.S.A. Officials Over Lavish Conference

A government official at the center of lavish spending at a Las Vegas conference claimed his Fifth Amendment rights as he declined to testify before a House panel.

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GSA official takes 5th Amendment

The senior official at the center of the General Services Administration’s Las Vegas spending scandal is now facing a possible Justice Department criminal investigation into theft, contracting improprieties and other violations. Read full article > >

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GSA Las Vegas spending scandal: Inspector general refers case to Justice for possible investigation

Acting General Services Administration chief Dan Tangherlini reprimanded organizers of a Las Vegas training conference in a video on Tuesday, calling their 2010 spending spree “completely unacceptable.” Read full article > >

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Acting GSA chief calls Las Vegas spree ‘completely unacceptable’

The General Services Administration to Las Vegas: We’re just not that into you — anymore. The agency, whose lavish 2010 conference in Sin City drew controversy — and led to the firing or discipline of eight officials — was slated to go back to the scene of the proverbial crime later this month. But alas for slots lovers, the GSA has cancelled “ GreenUP 2012 Training Conference and Vendor Showcase ,” set to take place in a Vegas hotel on April 25. Read full article > >

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GSA nixes Vegas conference in wake of scandal

Another government official was placed on administrative leave Monday in the continuing fallout over wasteful spending involving a 2010 Las Vegas conference for government workers, the General Services Administration announced.

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Another GSA official placed on leave

A top official at the General Services Administration was placed on administrative leave Monday, four days after a video that features him joking about the lavish spending at a Las Vegas conference became public. Read full article > >

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Another top GSA official placed on administrative leave

Cause of Action , a nonpartisan government accountability group, has asked 28 federal agencies’ inspectors general offices for information on award coins issued to federal employees. The group has filed a Freedom of Information Act request in response to news that the Pacific Rim region of the General Services Administration spent $6,325 on award coins for employees, given out during a Las Vegas training conference in 2010. Read full article > >

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How much are other agencies spending on award coins? A nonpartisan group wants to know

At Vegas conference.

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Said ‘we’re not going to Vegas’ during flight.

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