Government Agency Spent Over $400,000 on Incentive and Promotional Products, Investigation Shows
"The Hats Off award program degenerated into a taxpayer-funded give-away where employees handed out iPods to their office buddies for almost any reason," said Rep. John Mica, chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure committee. The GSA's guidelines limit awards to $99 per employee, per year, but several employees were gaming the system by exchanging award credits. "Not surprisingly the IG report identified the supervisors who ran the Hats Off store as the biggest winners of taxpayer swag. There was no accountability at GSA," Mica said.
Kyle A. Richardson is the editorial director of Promo Marketing. He joined the company in 2006 brings more than a decade of publishing, marketing and media experience to the magazine. If you see him, buy him a drink.