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June 17, 2015 By AMK

Weather Service paid retired exec half a million to consult

In a maneuver some would call “writing your own ticket,” a top National Weather Service executive announced his retirement and then set himself up to perform the same work as a consultant, raising his pay by $43,000, according to the Commerce Department inspector general.

National Weather Service NOAABefore his contract was terminated in 2012, the official also collected a $50,000 housing allowance and allegedly pressed for the agency to hire a relative, according to a summary of the investigation. The total cost to the government: $471,875.34.

The Commerce IG did not name the “senior official,” but The Washington Post recently identified him as former deputy chief financial officer P. Donald Jiron. His lawyer, Matthew Kaiser, said, “Mr. Jiron has not done anything wrong” because he acted “at the direction of and with the approval of his supervisor at all times.”

Keep reading this article at: http://www.govexec.com/contracting/2015/06/weather-service-paid-retired-exec-half-million-consult/114718

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: bribery, conflict of interest, consultant, IG, National Weather Service, NOAA, procurement integrity, revolving door

January 13, 2015 By AMK

GAO forbids funding for disposable flatware

Federal agencies cannot use department funds to buy disposable flatware for employee use, as those items don’t directly support an agency’s mission,according to a recent decision from the Government Accountability Office.

The Department of Commerce instituted a policy in 2009 to provide disposable cups, plates and utensils, along with hand sanitizer and disinfectants to employees at the National Weather Service offices in response to concerns over an outbreak of the H1N1 virus, colloquially called “swine flu.”

In 2013, Commerce announced that it would no longer provide disposable flatware to the regional offices, stating that the “purchase was for the primary benefit of the employees” and not the agency’s mission.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.federaltimes.com/story/government/management/agency/2014/12/29/gao-disposable-utensils/21014951/

 

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: agency mission, Commerce Dept., GAO, National Weather Service, personal items

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