Waxman to Doan: It's time to go

The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today called for Lurita Doan, the administrator of the General Services Administration, to step down.

During his closing statement at the end of a four-hour hearing into allegations of wrongdoing by the GSA administrator, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) said Doan should choose to resign.

“I would urge you to resign,” Waxman told Doan during a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which he heads.

The hearing -- the second time Doan has appeared before the committee -- mostly focused on allegations that Doan had violated the Hatch Act, which prohibits using government agencies for partisan political purposes.

Doan defended herself, emphatically denying that she sought ramifications against any GSA employees who may have testified regarding the allegations.

Meanwhile, the committee’s ranking Republican, Rep. Tom Davis (Va.), said it has beaten a dead horse in calling Doan in again. The issue lacks substance compared with the other issues, such as information security, needing the committee’s attention, he said.

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