A former administrator at the beleaguered General Services Administration was not able to attend the group’s infamous Las Vegas conference because she was meeting with officials from the failed solar firm Solyndra, government documents show.
GSA officials dispute the charge that administrator Martha Johnson took a meeting with Solyndra.
Idaho’s KBOI reports:
According to a 52-page transcript from the Inspector General investigator’s March 15, 2011 interview with Jeff Neely, a regional administrator currently on administrative leave, Neely explained that GSA incurred some unanticipated expenses for a last-minute video link for four assistant commissioners assigned to participate at the conference in Johnson’s place.
Adam Elkington, a spokesman for GSA, disputes the testimony of Neely, claiming that Johnson did not attend meetings at Solyndra that day. Elkington, however, was unable to explain where Johnson was during the conference.
According to the testimony transcript, in response to a question about Johnson, Neely explained the need for extra audio/visual expenses because Johnson couldn’t attend the conference.