Nation: Graveyard Tales

$166 million worth of scandal

"The General Services Administration has been plagued by 25 years of bad habits, and we're undoing them." So declares Vincent Alto, the GSA's special counsel, who since May has been investigating charges of theft, kickbacks and mismanagement by agency employees that are costing the Government at least $166 million a year. Alto's probe is expected to produce within a few weeks indictments against scores of GSA employees and Government suppliers. Last week the investigation won the strong backing of Jimmy Carter and led to the firing of Robert Griffin, 61,...

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