Federal Insider: Organizer of costly Vegas conference leaves GSA

- May 25, 2012

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Jeff Neely, the central figure in a General Services Administration spending scandal, sits at the witness table as the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform investigates wasteful spending and excesses by GSA during a 2010 Las Vegas conference, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 16, 2012. Neely asserted his right to remain silent at a congressional hearing. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Organizer of costly GSA conference held in Las Vegas leaves agency

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Neely had been on leave after inquiry found rampant waste associated with $800,000 event.

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A member of the US Secret Service stands watch as US President Barack Obama greets guests after speaking during a reception in honor of Cinco de Mayo in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, May 3, 2012. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages

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