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May 24, 2010
Item #2: Your Government at Work
Posted by Gregory of Yardale at May 24, 2010 4:22 AM
Sometimes, more pay, better benefits, lots of vacation, and gold-plated pensions just aren't enough for our noble public employee class. Employees of the Federal Protective Service took advantage of a period of lax oversight and went on a shopping spree, courtesy of the taxpayers.
Twenty-one FPS employees took advantage of an 18-month transition period during which the security agency was moved from the General Services Administration to the Department of Homeland Security "to loot GSA resources by purchasing unauthorized goods," according to the GSA's office of inspector general.
Investigative documents obtained by The Washington Times through a Freedom of Information Act request said the California-based FPS employees used the government cards to buy, among other things, $17,000 in suits at Macy's and the Men's Wearhouse, $15,000 in gold and silver coins, $60,000 in tuition payments and professional memberships, and $8,000 in gym memberships in 2003 and 2004.
None of the bureaucrats is facing prosecution for the theft.
