Joel Hefley: “someone at the Department of Education has a lot of explaining to do. A contract employee, who was hired by the…”

“someone at the Department of Education has a lot of explaining to do. A contract employee, who was hired by the department to take care of its telephone and computer needs, recently admitted to carrying out a criminal plot that cost the government more than $1 million. The contractor illegally steered more than $300,000 worth of equipment to an Education Department employee who was overseeing his work. The supervisor got a 61-inch television, cordless telephones, compact disk players, walkie-talkies, desktop and laptop computers, printers, digital cameras, computer scanners and Palm Pilots. In addition to diverting the merchandise, the contractor routinely performed errands for the employee, such as picking up her granddaughter from school, all on government time. In exchange for his work, the contractor and his coworker walked off with more than $600,000 in bogus overtime pay. Good grief. Who is minding the store? The Department of Education gets my 'Porker of the Week' Award.”