chairman, i'm fairly certain the agency provided you with information about the pbs budget. we provide it to the committees as a matter of course. i don't know what exact demands of information you're talking about. >> we asked for one page. obviously there was no information on there on this las vegas scandal or any of the other trips that were planned. and we're going to go through all of those trips. but several dozen trips across the nation, lavish expenses. this is just the tip of the iceberg. but none of that information was in there. so the question is, if it wasn't in there, why are you lieding it from us? do you not have that information? >> mr. chairman, i don't have access to that information from gsa anymore. >> anymore. did you have information -- you were the top guy. did you have information that would show you the budget for mr. neely for region nine for the western regional conference or all of the conferences? >> mr. chairman, are you referring to a specific request that the committee gave for information about conferences? >> i'm trying to figure out, if yo

theoretically pbs regional commissioner would report to the central office pbs commissioner into thedeputy administrator andy at a straighter. >> so he was supporting in his commission are all through some another chain of command to mr. peck? in his acting regional administration will, he was doing what? >> he was reporting to steve lee, senior counsel to the administrator. >> which is like reporting to the administrator? >> directly reporting -- >> yet a chain of command at steve reported to the administrator. >> what did that lead to? or with airports to whoever steve lee says to headquarters? and disco as i can administrator >> when jeff reported to steve leeds? >> whatever conversations he's received, i was not proud of that reporting chain. >> i'm simply trying to understand whether or not mr. neely was to himself when he held these two rows or whether there is any coherent reporting authority who was in charge here. >> certainly on paper there is a chain of command

a -- in gsa organization chart, there's not a direct report between the regional commissioners to the pbs commissioner. but as i said, for all intents and purposes, the public buildings service commissioner has a lot of command and control over -- >> you signed his letter of reprima reprimand? >> yes, sir. >> you did not feel that letter of reprimand went far enough? >> that's correct. >> and what did you think should be done at the time? >> at the time, we had not decided what we were going to do. it was still in draft. i felt the letter was too weak given what we knew already about western regional as well as the hats off program. >> let me read your e-mail. or the -- you were not there and you're not in a position to judge the entirety of the conference. we will not be sending two separate letters if i have anything to do with it. that was bob peck's e-mail to you. >> that's correct. >> and though he didn't -- you're saying he did not officially report to you, and even though you sent a letter of reprimand to him, you still recommended him to be upgraded so that he could receive a bonu

the pbs commissioner, the fas commissioner. under his reorganization, that was no longer the case. and you have the reporting straight up that we have talked about today. it looks as though this person you appointed was something like a figurehead just the way the cfo, also called a gsa cfo, was a figurehead and yet you kept this structure. this structure put in place by an acting gsa administrator when you could have looked at it and seen it seems to me that your own -- seems to me your own position had been weakened. remember he's a pbs commissioner. he makes sure that these people report around the regional administrator and straight up to the commissioners, the respective commissioners. that means if i'm coming in, i'm looking at less authority for me because my own person there no longer has the authority that she had before. why did you accept this organization -- this form of organization which was not put in by a presidential appointee, but was put in by someone who acted for a very long period of time when there was no presidential appointee. in fact, he may have gone over

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the i.g. to audit other travel and conferences that pbs had conducted under my tenure. i deeply regret the behavior of the gsa employees involved in this incident and the damage it has caused. i look forward to answering any questions you may have. >> as the chairman mentioned, mr. neeley is not with us today. he has used his constitutional right to plead the fifth amendment and has hired a lawyer. nor did he testify yesterday. miss daniels, you're next to testify. do you have a lawyer? >> i do not. >> can you pull the microphone, please? >> i do not have a lawyer. >> okay. i would just issue you a word of caution. i've read your testimony. and there is a great deal of troubling information on there. i would certainly issue caution today as you testify. miss daniels, you may proceed. >> good morning. this is my first time at a hearing. i'm not -- i did not prepare testimony because i was placed on administrative leave last wednesday. all of my files were confiscated. i was directed to turn in all of my government equipment and cell phone to the director of hr in fort wor

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it's a nate trix organization in that the regional commissioners, both the fast acquisition service and pbs service, reported in two ways. they reported to their regional administrator, who was the immediate representative of me in the region, and then they reported functionally to the commissioners. because that's where they received their budgets and their strategic direction. it is a matrix like a corporation. it is a -- not an easy one. it is not command and control like a military services. it is a matrix. and so -- >> i assume you think that's a problem this. >> it was difficult to manage. it's always difficult to manage a matrix. >> or changing the matrix? mr. tingerlini? >> we're looking at the matrix. clearly this form or structure created some issues and we're concerned about what it could create going forward. >> you were briefed by the ig last may. why did you allow mr. kenneally and others to continue their trips and off-site meetings up until just a couple of weeks ago? >> congressman, this is -- the conversation that we had with the ig in may alerted me to how serious this in

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breakfast teredos >> he was born wanting to be in the spotlight so his parents took him to edition for the pbs cooking show, a kids let's cut >> we showed up for the auditions and he was selected out of a group of kids >> it is fun because you get to eat it at the end. i love that part >> he became the newest and youngest cast member on the show >> it is hard for someone to imagine an eight year-old doing that so i need to confirm that he is the real deals >> you can watch him nationwide on pbs stations. >> i have something really pretty i want to share with you, this is our lives cbs five weather camera in dublin and what i find interesting is when you look at these clouds, cumulonimbus clouds with the passage of the cold front, the base extends about 1,000 ft. above the earth's surface but the top can rise as much as 39,000 ft. high. it is very breezy out there. air temperature much cooler than yesterday at this hour due to the passage of the cold front. those winds will continue to blow up tonight, a colder night slated from santa rosa all the way to the santa clara valley. subtropical mois

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