More of OUR tax dollars at work -- Secret Man Caves Found in EPA Warehouse! $5.3 million was paid to Apex Logistics, an EPA contractor who maintained an EPA warehouse in Maryland. Most of that was spent on hourly labor charges... " A warehouse maintained by contractors for the Environmental Protection Agency contained secret rooms full of exercise equipment, televisions and couches, according to an internal audit. EPA’s inspector general found contractors used partitions, screens and piled up boxes to hide the rooms from security cameras in the 70,000 square-foot building located in Landover, Md. {...} “The warehouse contained multiple unauthorized and hidden personal spaces created by and for the workers that included televisions, refrigerators, radios, microwaves, chairs and couches,” the IG report said. “These spaces contained personal items, including photos, pin ups, calendars, clothing, booksi, magazines and videos.”" Sounds like those IRS and GSA party animals have been teaching others how to have a blast on the public dime. To its credit, the EPA reacted immediately and issues a stop work order to Apex Logistics and blocked its workers from having access to the site. Still, this next item really raises some red flags: "In addition to the secret rooms, the IG found an incomplete and inaccurate recordkeeping system; numerous potential security and safety hazards, including an open box of passports[.]" Hmmm... bad record keeping and an "open box of passports" not in the "man cave" areas -- What does the EPA need with a box of blank passports? Curiouser and curiouser, more and more each day in this Obama administration. More: govexec/contracting/2013/06/secret-man-caves-found-epa-warehouse/64202/?oref=govexec_today_nl
Posted on: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:30:14 +0000
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