mostly supervisors, higher end government employees with the gsa. year. one supervisor, for instance, got nearly $8,000 bonus every year from 2008 until now, a total of $38,000. even though the same person had to be reassigned for abuse of authority. another supervisor who was reprimanded for interfering with a government investigation got 20 grand in bonuses. 84 different employees at the gsa all subject of investigations got bonuses. as for why, that's what senator claire mccaskill among others are asking. she's heading one of the investigations into it. >> do they have any kind of policy that -- i mean, it seems outrageous. it's hard to believe it's true. is the gsa admitting this? i mean do they admit this happened? >> yeah. they do admit it happened. the bonuses were paid to people under investigation. that's a fact. the new acting gsa administrator, we're told, is not taking this lightly. a spokesperson from the agency says a top down review of all the agencies, business is underway and that includes all bonus payouts in recent years. especiall

did the government pay bonuses as much as tens of thousands of dollars each to individual gsa workers accused of bad performance, or even worse, possibly crime? the latest report indicates the five we identified in our investigation may be symptomatic of a much larger trend year after year paying out performance bonuses to gsa workers while they were suspected of wrong doing. the gsa scandal falled by those music videos lampooning easy government cash gained new traction last week when our investigation uncovered bonus money. documents we obtained under the freedom of information act indicated the gsa paid out over a half million dollars in fiscal year 2012 bonus money to high ranking executives. the bonuses, about $10,000 apiece, included bonuses to five executives placed on leave in connection with that nearly $823,000 las vegas conference including a payout to jeffrey kneel lee, now infamous for that bathtub photo and 2400- square-feet hotel suites. now there's a new report of even more bonus going to gsa officials while under investigation for misconduct. the kansas city star obta

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the gsa. the house oversight committee says documents show $750,000 in travel expenses for about 100 officials assigned to work from home. internal e-mails show even former gsa commissioner jeff neeley was shocked about this. you remember that hot tub picture, the man at the center of that lavish conference in vegas on the taxpayers' dime. molly henneberg following the story for us from washington. it appears from the documents that kneelly only found out about these travel expenses last fall. what did he say about them? >> he was a bit worried about them, according to e-mails that were included in gsa documents that were provided to the house oversight committee. he wrote in an e-mail saying, quote, omg, this is a fine mess we've gotten ourselves into. then he suspect details of the overspending to other colleagues and wrote, quote, this will take your breath away. don't share further. the irony of those e-mails is not lost on republican congressman darryl issa, the chairman of the oversight c

what happens in vegas doesn't stay in vegas for the gsa. report claims the financial free for all not limited to the party town. apparently a former gsa official lied about the size of the budget surplus in order to use millions of your tax dollars for pet projects. we have details. good morning, diane. >> according to the washington times recently obtained inspector general report ladies and gentlemens the krscfo's off used the role over the agency finances toward billions of tax payer dollars for its own purposes. in february 2010 the report says then cfo said the office had 25 million in excess cash when it had 52 million in extra cash leaving it 27 million to spend on pet projects. by the time the investigation into that matter was over she had been promoted and investigators decided to leave it to her new boos ss to determ whether to take action against her. allegedly keeping credit card reward points earned with purchases from other departments. reports say cfo officials were instriment tal in getting a lot changed. saying extra gsa fu

>> rick: any reaction from the gsa? >> the new acting gsa administrator is promising an extensive review of the agency's operations. dan tangorlini, on the job for two months, wants a closer look at our travel policy and staff deployment, according to a spokesman. and says the gsa is committed to eliminating any excessive spending. rick. >> rick: molly henneberg in washington. thanks. >> jamie: we saw some disappointing jobs numbers, raising fears that the economy could be slowing down. the national unemployment rate climbing to 8.2% last month as the struggling economy and the slowing growth of jobs is a bad combination to the millions of americans still trying to find work. for many it's a race against time as a key life line is about to run out. casey stegall has that story live in los angeles. hi, casey. >> jail oh, good to see you. you may remember it was in 2009 that the federal government created these emergency extensions to help tide over unemployed americans until the job market stabilized. what happened? the f

learn more about the new select series x310 with power steering at johndeere.com/x310. >> greta: the gsaaving you with $800,000 plus tab for vegas conference, party, has you now on the hook for bonuses. claire mccaskill internetting the gsa says the gsa paid more than $1 million in taxpayers money for bonuses. get this? bonuses for employees already under investigation by the i.g. for other wrongdoing or misconduct. 48 employees received average of eight bonus awards. one gsa officer who is reassigned after an ig investigation we received total of $38,000. supervisor who is recommended for interfering with an investigation received $20,000 in bonuses. senator mccaskill is expappasing the scope to examine all federal agency bonuses and writing a bill called accountbility in government act hoping to create safeguards to stop waste. go to gretawire to tell us what you think. back in two. the top academic performers surprised some people. so did the country that came in 17th place. let's raise the bar and elevate our academic standards. let's do what's best for our students-by investing in o

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not only did the gsa waste your money they paid employees extra to do it. aire mchaskel declaring they paid more than a million dollars in bonuses to employees being investigated the inspector general. former regional commissioner jeff neeley who helped plan the bash scored a 9,000 dollar bonus a total of 84 employees got bonus us. >> secret mission accomplished after a year of sishlging the earth it is ready to lands. it looks like a mini space shuttle and is only the second to fly in space. those who inspected the plane before it launched were in bio hazard suits leaving many to leave there were radioactive items on board. the comblier of the city and police commissioner are backing a plan to de criminalize the public possession of less than 25 grams of marijuana. cops would only issue violations to people busted with marijuana on them. smoking pot in public will be a miss neern. -- misdemeanor. >> a 25-year-old woman lost her footing in california he's eaton canyon and tumbled 100 feet. there's no way they should have survived that fall. rescue crews were

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information on all the agencies, the department of emergency management, the city administrator's office, the gsa, and the other organizations that relate to disaster preparedness and management, how they relate to each other and the roles they play with the city's website. we can kind of incorporate that as well. and your last point about regional cooperation is really important. the city itself is just starting to participate in that. abag has a number of regional plans in terms unpreparedness that they are mandated to include and adopt that are available on their website, and we can provide more information on those. in terms of working together, the collection of jurisdictions within the region, that does happen for some of our emergency management agencies, but i think we're trying to strengthen that. one of the things, if we get out of here in time, we will be attending the task force this afternoon that spur has been organizing to bring in abag and others to talk about how we can advance a forward in use issues that might be more pressing in terms of recovery and resiliency moving forward.

closer look at, quote our travel policy and staff deployment according to his spokesman and says the gsa is going to eliminate any excessive spending. >> heather: molly henneberg live in washington, thanks very much. >> gregg: the unemployment rate heading up again, likely leading to high anxiety in the white house right about now. labor department reporting 69,000 jobs created in the month of may, that is the fewest in a year and an uptick in the jobless number fwooq 8.2%. what does it all mean? charlie hurt joins us. good to see you. this is whether you started counting them the third slow down in three years making it the weakest economic recovery since world war ii. politically what is the impact on the presidential election? >> i don't think you can overstate how bad this bad news the s for president obama heading into this election that will most certainly be determined by the state of the economy. with every single passing month where we have more bad news and with every new gloomy statistic that comes along it makes it harder to continue blaming the bad economy on george w. bush

executive jeff nealy and in charge of the pricey gsa conference in vegas. about the travel expenses last fall and wrote to a colleague. omg, this is it a fine mess we have gotten ourselves in . nealy sent another e-mail. they would not believe the expenses and told them not to tell anyone else about them. >> what is the response to congressman issa's letter. >> they are reviewing the letter. but the acting head of gsa promised a top and bottom review of the agency's spend in response to the revelation ordered an extensive review including the travel policy and staff deployment and remains committed to excessive speppeding . they have wrapped up the charges over nine months in 2010 and len. harris. >> all right. molly thank you very much. america's top diplomat in the land of the midnight sun. secretary of state clinton pays a visit to the arctic circle and area of huge interest can be a battle ground. also it is something like out of the an alferd hitch cock movie. this bird going next to anybody next to the babes in the nest. we'll tell you why. does your

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let's talk about this the gsa scandal keeps getting worse. id about $750,000 for travel expenses that they were to go on but they never did. in fact they ended up justworking from home but still collecting the travel money that they never spent. >> this just the latest installment in how the gsa can waste your dollars, your hard-earned taxpayer dollars. it just never ceases to amaze me. workers work from home. normally whether you have an arrangement like this with your bogs save money on commuting and save gas save money on travel. they somehow racked up $750,000 from working from home. when hot tub jeff neeley emailed colleagues we're not making this up. omg says jess jeffy. 100 virtuals and pretty serious grades. this is a fine mess we have gotten into. this will take your breath away. >> do not share further. >> don't share it further. it is the shocking number. $750,000. what were they spending that money on? how could they justify submitting those travel expenses? by the way that was just a nine month period. >> travel expenses over nine

in response to the latest gsa revelation there was a review of the operation and that included the travel policy and staff deployment. they had excessive spending and government efficienciy. and why does it sound familiar? he was heading up a gsa conference. and that cost taxpayers 823,000. and last fall when they were alered to the expenses. and he wrote to a colleague in an e-mail and obtained by the washington post. omg. this is a fine mess. and in the other e-mail. this will take your breath away and don't share further. the new gsa spending program shows a lack of oversite. president obama is calling on congress to pass a number of billings. >> it rose to 8.2 percent . that led to a downed market. and traveled back from chicago. >> and that is for the presidential nominee . polls are showing. it was the biggest weak spot. the ceo of the restaurant and joining us now . thank you for being here with us. >> i know they are disappointing to a lot of folks. and the ceo of a major company what does it send to the long term and people who are hoping that the job outlook improves. >> if we d

walk through the budget with you had an overview level, talk about tax increment, the gsa budget impacts and the general fund impact. finally, talking about the general fund supported activities that will be and absorbed into the general fund in this budget, rather than in the redevelopment agency's budget. as you remember, earlier this year, the state legislature passed and the governor signed ab 26 and 27. 26 was found to be constitutional and dissolved the redevelopment agency throughout the state. in our case, the city and county became the successor agency to the redevelopment agency. the assets of the agency were transferred to the mayor's office of housing, port, and city a minister's office. you will recall also each successor agency is required to have an oversight board. our oversight board oversees the fighting to management of certain real development agency assets. at the highest level, the three major approved development projects and the house and work that was done by the former agency will continue. the oversight board has adopted what is called a recognized obligation p

a nate investigation reveals the gsa handed out $1.1 million in bonuses over five years to 84 employeese been under investigation by the agency's inspector general for wrongdoing or misconduct. the agency has no policy to ensure employees under investigation don't get bonuses. one manager behind the controversial las vegas bash got a $9,000 bonus even after his supervisor found out about the conference. now senators are vowing to review bonuses for all fell workers. >> how many more stories like this do we have to hear before federal managers will listen, not only to taxpayers and members of congress but their own employees that they are wasting money. >> reporter: the gsa says it's conducting a top-to-bottom review of its operations, including how bonuses are awardinged. reporting live from -- awarded. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> last night, president obama and bill clinton were on stage together here at this hotel in manhattan. see the big handshake and hug? mr. clinton said it would be kalama. it ous for the country and world if mitt r

. >>> just ahead, the gsa under the microscope for more wasteful spending. >>> and wisconsin's recall election is getting a lot of attention from big wig political players. who former president bill clinton is throwing his support to. next when the news at 6 returns.  graduate, now that your journey begins, you're going to need a powerful connection ! felicidaaaadeeeees ! with this droid 4 by motorola on verizon 4g lte, you can stay in touch on skype with your loved ones. staying connected with your family... ... in more places, on america's largest 4g lte network. that's real value ! get $100 off any motorola 4g lte smartphone, like the droid 4 now just $99.99. verizon. felicidades ! . >>> congress wants more answers from the federal agency under investigation for spending. general services showed that 100 high-ranking employees spent three quarters of a million dollars on travel in nine months. they were working from the home at the time and this comes after a regional office spent more than 8 error hundred thousand dollars on one -- $800,000 in one conference

think would be appropriate to have epa bureaucrats that are not accountable and now look at the way the gsa responds, they are irresponsible to have them controlling the life blood of your community. how do you feel about that? >> in my area we have a lot of people that have underprivileged situations. we worked on that through the years and tried to diversify the economy and it's working. to get to the next level, you have to have the main source of income and taxation to diversify with. you can have visions and dreams and hopes and desires, but if you have no money to get there, for somebody to simply put yourself in a position, how do you attract business if day they can operate and the next day they pull before they get to operate. it's a scary situation and like i said before, i talked to the ceos of the companies that have been long standing in my region. they don't want to be in the region. not because of the building and the rule. >> let me interrupt you for a minute. would the folks rather have paychecks or welfare payment sms. >> they would rather work. some of the rallies they ha

the gsa. miss murphy is a graduate of smith college and virginia school of law. darrell jordan communications director. he has been a communications director since february of 2011. before that he was the communications director for congressman alderhalt of alabama. prior to his time on capitol hill he work ed at cnn. at fox he was at the assignment desk. at cnn he work ed in the production team at the situation room with wolf blitzer and anderson cooper 360. this is your panel. [ applause ] >> there are some specific things that we want to cover today. the obstacles that are preventing minority business ownership. we have heard from mr. johnson on this theories on that. policies and regulations that negatively impact businesses. and we want to know about the role of government. and will probably be the key issue in november's election. look i looking at policies, programs legislation in place that might need an over hall and we are going to talk about plans of action that need to be taken. the kind of legislation that works without any sort of kinks and also, wha

economically hurting area and the epa bureaucrats that are not elected and unaccountable and look at the gsa response, they are responsible, to have them controlling the lifeblood of your community, how do you feel about that? >> well, in my area we do have a lot of people that have some underprivileged situations. it's working. to get to the next level you have to have your taxation to diversify with. you can have visions and dreams and hopes and desires. if you have no money to get there and for somebody to simply put yourself in the position, how do you attract business if one day they can operate and the next day they are pulled and they are pulled before they get to operate, it's a scary situation. like i've said before, ceos of those companies have been longstanding and they don't want to be in the appalacha region, not because -- >> let me interrupt you for a minute. the folks in your community would rather get welfare payments? >> the ones i work with would rather work. in fact, this money has handed out more in the auto industry and everybody else, we don't have to give us a work pe

our training academies, with our partnerships with cbo's, there isan an lbe bill that will be in the gsa's office. that is local business enterprises. i will talk about that at the end. does a little background on cpmc, and you have heard this already earlier in the presentation. cpmc is the second-largest private employer in san francisco, the fourth largest employer, including but -- public agencies. the rebuild has two components in terms of jobs. it will create 1500 construction jobs over the life of the project, and there will be 1500 permanent jobs added over a 10- year time span, so that is about 150 roughly a year. they hope to retain 622 jobs in -- 6200 jobs in san francisco, and these are jobs that exist. 45% of that number are san francisco residence. and you can see the average wage of employment compensation. this is a cross their whole spectrum of jobs. according to cpmc, their projected job growth is broken down as follows. this is pretty self-explanatory. starting with management positions, registered nurses positions, and then it goes from there. within the last, say, four