New Leadership Appointed at the General Services Administration

In March 2007, the Committee commenced an investigation into allegations that Lurita A. Doan, the Administrator of the General Services Administration, had urged GSA employees to use government resources to help Republican candidates. Based on the Committee’s investigation and its own fact-gathering, the Office of Special Counsel, the executive branch agency responsible for enforcing the Hatch Act, found that Administrator Doan had violated the Hatch Act. On June 8, 2007, the Special Counsel reported this finding to President Bush and recommended that he discipline her “to the fullest extent” for her actions. On April 29, 2008, President Bush asked Ms. Doan to step down from GSA. James A. Williams was nominated by President Bush to succeed Ms. Doan.