People: GAO LETS LOOSE PARTING BLOW AGAINST EX-OIG CHIEF
The General Accounting Office gave former HHS Office of Inspector General chief Janet Rehnquist a farewell kick in the pants June 11, publishing a scathing account of her oversight of the agency.
In "Department of Health and Human Services: Review of Management of Inspector General Operations" (GAO-03-685), the GAO criticizes Rehnquist for "serious lapses in judgment" and drastic personnel shifts that "fostered an atmosphere of anxiety and distrust." The 50-page report chronicles numerous high-profile "lapses in judgment" - from her purported delay of a Florida pension audit during Gov. Jeb Bush's gubernatorial run to her brief possession of...
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