The OSC has already recommended that GSA Chief Lurita Doan be suspended or fired because of her electioneering in a government office, and now it has turned it's attention to the Power Point presentation she used. The material was put together by Karl Rove's office and distributed to various government agencies.
The presentation includes,
"slides listing Democratic and Republican seats the White House viewed as vulnerable in 2008, a map of contested Senate seats and other information on 2008 election strategy".
This type of behavior has been illegal since the 1939 Hatch Act was made into law. The act specifically prohibits partisan campaign or electoral activities on federal government property, including federal agencies. But it appears that the Bush administration has actively looked to violate the law since they took office, their behavior underlined by former Republican Committee Chair Ken Mehlman when he made these statements,
One of the things that can happen in Washington when you work in an agency is that you forget who sent you there. And it's important to remind people that you're George Bush people. If there's one empire I want built, it's the George Bush empire.
