Some of the actual photos from the investigation
Posted on 06/05/2013 10:09:39 AM PDT by kimtom
Edited on 06/05/2013 5:16:10 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Updated: The actual May 31, 2013 report covering the long-term investigation is found here: Some of the actual photos from the investigation
Blogger's excerpted version found below:
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 -- used for inventory storage -- is owned by the General Services Administration and leased to the EPA for about $750,000 per year.
The EPA has issued a stop work order to Apex Logistics LLC, the responsible contractor, ensuring the company’s workers no longer have access to the site -- EPA security officials escorted contractor personnel off the premises on May 17 -- and ending all payments on the contract.
Since awarding the contract in May 2007, EPA has paid Apex Logistics about $5.3 million, most of which went to labor costs. Conditions at the facility “raise questions about time charges made by warehouse employees under the contract,” the report said.
“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, books, magazines and videos.”
The agency has completed an inventory of the warehouse’s contents and segregated all ........
A box of passports? I'm sure that raises enough red flags that Janet Napolitano will get right on it.
EPA acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe said in a letter to the inspector general the agency has taken “immediate, aggressive actions” in response to the findings.
“The EPA is committed to addressing the previous conditions at the warehouse and implementing institutional protections to ensure those conditions do not recur at this facility or any other used by the agency,” Perciasepe wrote.
Great. Here's another thing we don't need to worry about. After all, The EPA is investigating itself.
Saw this earlier via Drudge link. Many loonie comments saying this happened because of lack of inspections due to budget cuts.
Mystery solved. 1 of the boxes of passports is just for OB. Peace be upon him!
That is the most truthful statement I have EVER read on Free Republic or anywhere. It might be the explanation as to why the Mayan society collapsed almost overnight.
Same thought crossed my mind
Also thought that someone may have collected $$$$ for the use of key!
LEO needs to check for drugs and DNA
The original article was unclear. Was the warehouse provided with a breakroom and these secret spots were for bunking off work, or was it one big room and workers created their own space for keeping their lunches and taking breaks?
Okay, I take that back. I just read the report from the OIG. This one is on the contractor who maintained the facility (Apex). They must have never had an audit before..and they should be charged with fraud and never do business with the government again.
I wonder what porn they’d find on those computers, among everything else.
What???????? No HOOKERS?...........
Sounds like Sgt. Bilko retired from the Army and went to work at the EPA.
Probably a good fit for him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phil_Silvers_Show
Ach!
Two Americas - Slaves consisting of white Christians and Jews
who actually work ....
and the Congressional-Military-alQaeda-IRS-EPA-MOB
that pays no taxes and uses the
taxpayers as their servants, and in
their brothels, and as future organ donors.
This may be the last straw.
Indeed. Ergo, there is no distinction between the two, I would suggest.
LOL
It sounds like a basic lunch room if I had to guess from the description.
Hmm, do federal employees or people with security clearances carry a different passport? I think mine has a dark green cover; the ones pictured are dark red.
Sounds like the average Corporate lunch room to me. And I've seen many.
It’s a warehouse for stuff. Bet no one had to do much beyond bring in a couple of extension cords.
Immediate, aggressive actions = someone is about to get a huge bonus and a promotion!
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