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And soul is in the right place. i wish he could make a difference but he won t. martha: we ll see, raffle. thanks for bringing we ll see, ralph. thanks for writing your side of the story. bill: a grand jury deciding whether to bring charges against a white police officer in the death of a black man in custody. will ferguson play a part in that decision? martha: remember jeff neily? he s the poster boy for lavish government spending. now there is a government spending scandal you need to know about when we come back. ....
Some illicit cargo that somebody wanted to get from point a to point b for some nefarious reason. according to satellite reports obtained from a third separate transmitter, the plane may have flown an additional five hours. we talked to you about this yesterday after it disappeared from radar. but we will keep following this. some important developments coming in this morning. steve? thank you very much. does seem suspicious. remember this guy, former gsa official jeff neily? that s him in vegas. he planned a lavish $800,000 government conference out there in vegas and then wound up hopping in that hot tub on our dime and the adult beverages. now government workers are racking up more than $17,000 on gym memberships, over $8,000 on gift cards, and more than $7,000 on hotel rooms. all this on their federal government credit cards so what happened to reining in excessive government spending? stuart varney is the host of varney and company and has more. ....
shep: that federal agency that threw the lavish party in las vegas apparently continue the celebration in d.c as the story goes, that s according to the general service administration s inspector general. he reports the general services administration spent more than a quarter million dollars on rewards ceremony two years ago. a ceremony that included almost $8,000 for reception that included a violinist and guitar, more than $20,000 for drum sticks, and a drum band exercise, almost 30 grand for photo frames that feature the time and temperature. and 8500 bucks for an appearance by agent x, whoever that is. maybe he s related to this guy, mr. hot tub, jeff neily. he resigned after taking heat for organizing another big bash just a month before this one. shannon breen is live. lawmakers really don t seem too impressed by all of this. they say they re having a hard time believing gsa has try turned over a new leaf, the ....
Was beautiful and the people there could not have been nicer. heather: see, you brought pleasantness with you. gregg: may not last. heather: yet another controversy cropping up for the general services administration. employers sometimes ask employees to work from home to save money. but gsa officials working from home somehow managed to rack up three quarters of a million dollars in travel expenses. even regional commissioner jeff neily was surprised about this. you may remember him as the man who used taxpayer dollars to plan an $800,000 conference in 2008 where he took this lovely hot tub pick. molly henneberg has details from our washington bureau with the latest on all this. hi. hi. $750,000 in travel expenses by work at home employees of the general services administration, or gsa. that s what new documents show and now the congressional committee with oversight to the federal work force is demanding more information. republican congressman darryl issa wrote, quote, the a ....
People have a right to know that federal bureaucrats who enjoy the benefits of the virtual work are eligible and responsible stewards of the taxpayer dollars that support the program. acting gsa head appointed in april has promised a top to bottom review of the agency spending and in response to this latest gsa revelation, has ordered, quote, an extensive review of our agency s operations, which includes our travel policy and staff deployment. our agency remains committed to eliminating any excessive spending and promoting government efficiency. so why might overspending and gsa sound familiar together? possibly because of images like this one of now former gsa executive jeff neily. he was heading up a gsa conference in 2010 in also grace that cost taxpayers $823,000. it came to light this spring. last fall, according to the documents, when neeley was alerted to the expenses racked up by stay at home gsa employees, he wrote to a ....