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  Why doesn't The GSA Administration Chief,Ms.Lurita Doan just stop wyning,and fess up to her "Hatch Act" violations.Thank God for the Office of Special Counsel.

  Gregory Cruz Sr. Posted July 3, 2007 7:11 AM
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  Maybe the release was nothing short of good legal counseling. If I had to bet I'd bet Bush and his underlings will assist Dorn and just like most high profile government officials with money, clout and political ties she will get out with little more than a slap on the wrist.

  SATOS Posted May 29, 2007 1:15 PM
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  I've been a labor and employee relations specialist for 20 years and I've seen this pattern before. A basically good employee who, often through a lapse of judgement, engages in misconduct and gets caught, frequently fesses up and shows some contrition. The dirty employee tends to lawyer-up, has her representative spin a bunch of hyperbole about a defect in the processing of her case, and ends up with the defense of "the guys prosecuting the case are dirtier than I am." I say, let the facts of the investigation speak for themselves, and then Ms. Doan can prostrate herself before the guy who appointed her in the first place. Turning to another matter, Ms. Doan, through her attorney, clearly has no objection to trying this case in the papers, as a copy of the letter protesting the release of the report(s) is linked to this article. Well, good; that gives her the neocon defense that there is a media bias against her, too. Finally, I hope we citizen/public servants have more choices than what Freeman gives us: a productive crook versus a lazy but honest bureaucrat. We ought to expect productive and honest civil servants, like most of us are.

  Jake Posted May 29, 2007 10:55 AM
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  How stupid do we look to these people. Isn't the Office of the President the ones who showed the Powerpoint Presentation?

  Laura Posted May 29, 2007 9:07 AM
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  How can anyone pretend there is anything objective about a process that has multiple versions of a important document all over the internet weeks before the final comments are due? I guess there could also be corrections that are needed, but people tend to dig in their feet when it is exposed publicly that they made a mistake, so I think whoever it was who leaked the reports to the different magazines and newspapers was definitely trying to cause immediate and irreparable harm to the Administrator and her case. Too bad for her-- she's been a real invigorating influence in this agency and has a way of really getting things done. So for my money, I'll go with a person who gets the job done for us and for our government customers any day over someone who never sets a foot wrong and just pushes around a lot of paper correctly.

  M FREEMAN Posted May 28, 2007 3:17 PM
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  With all respect to due process ... this article focuses on everything, but the facts. Both sides should be focusing on the facts of the Hatch Act case. By choosing the "spin" course, it kind of looks like the report can't be challenged. If Doan can challenge the findings in the report (and she should be treated fairly - but with no special treatment), then she should challenge them - otherwise, rsign and end this thing - so GSA can get abck to business. The nearby headline states that the IG now is looking at ehics and contracting rules that may have been violated. This is becoming a huge distraction from critical missions.

  Donny Posted May 26, 2007 9:33 PM