Just days before a House hearing scheduled to examine overspending at a 2010 conference he helped run, Steven Kempf, commissioner of the General Services Administration’s contracting division, announced he is taking a 60-day medical leave as of Monday.
In an email Friday to his staff at the Federal Acquisitions Service, Kempf wrote: “I truly do not want to be leaving you at this important time. However, this is necessary if I am going to continue serving our country to the best of my ability in the future.” He recalled that he began his career at FAS as a GS-9 intern “and never left, and representing you and the amazing work you do each day is a privilege.”
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