WASHINGTON – The obscure federal agency that has come under intense scrutiny after a report it spent $820,000 of taxpayer funds on a lavish Las Vegas bash, spent another $250,000 on an employee’s incentive program.
Fox News has learned a House Transportation subcommittee investigating a Las Vegas junket by the General Services Administration (GSA) will expand its probe into an employee-rewards program known as “Hats Off.”
The GSA spent $250,000 on “Hats Off,” a workplace incentive initiative where administration employees could garner “points” for good work around the office.
Much like patrons of Dave and Buster’s, GSA employees could rack up points based on a scoring system. If they accumulated a certain level of points, an employee could qualify for a gift card, an iPod or other electronics.
The GSA’s Inspector General (IG) ordered a cessation to the “Hats Off” program around the same time it initiated its investigation of the Las Vegas trip in 2010.
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