Author : United States; Congress; Hous Relations
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ISBN 13 : 9781330488300
Total Pages : 128 pages
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Book Synopsis Usaid Whistleblower, Mr. Paul Neifert, Motions Related to Compelling the Testimony of Usaid Assistant Administrator for Management, Mr. Larry Byrne, and Administration Response to Usaid Whistleblower, Mr. Paul Neifert (Classic Reprint) by : United States; Congress; Hous Relations
Download or read book Usaid Whistleblower, Mr. Paul Neifert, Motions Related to Compelling the Testimony of Usaid Assistant Administrator for Management, Mr. Larry Byrne, and Administration Response to Usaid Whistleblower, Mr. Paul Neifert (Classic Reprint) written by United States; Congress; Hous Relations and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Usaid Whistleblower, Mr. Paul Neifert, Motions Related to Compelling the Testimony of Usaid Assistant Administrator for Management, Mr. Larry Byrne, and Administration Response to Usaid Whistleblower, Mr. Paul Neifert The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m. in room 2172, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Benjamin A. Gilman, chairman of the committee, presiding. Chairman Gilman. The committee will come to order. Today our committee meets to take testimony from Mr. Paul Neifert, a whistleblower with the Agency for National Development. Mr. Neifert is a former Peace Corps volunteer who joined USAID in 1984 and served in the Ivory Coast and in Guinea Bissau before being posted to South Africa in 1991. Paul Neifert is, and 1 quote, a "Luso-American" - that is, the son of American and Brazilian parents who drew on his international heritage to serve USAID and the Peace Corps. While stationed in South Africa, Mr. Neifert raised concerns about the contracting and grant-making procedures and the quality of projects that had been funded by USAID. For example, Mr. Neifert questioned a $300,000 grant to the Soft Sheen International Foundation to build a school for hairdressers in Johannesburg that was later closed. Mr. Neifert will also talk about a visit in 1994 by USAID Administrator Atwood to Finetown, South Africa, as my colleagues can see in the photo. The administrator laid a brick and cut a ribbon at a "Potemkin" school that USAID had already rejected for funding. The school was never built. After Mr. Neifert raised questions about waste, fraud and abuse in USAID's South African Mission, his tour was curtailed. While Mr. Hamilton and Senator Patrick Leahy initiated investigations on Mr. Neifert's behalf, he was given a make-work assignment in USAID's Washington headquarters. He was investigated by the Agency's IG (Inspector General). Mr. Neifert complained about his treatment and sought protection as a whistleblower with the U.S. Office of the Special Counsel. USAID responded by offering Mr. Neifert a cash settlement and other perquisites in return for his departure from the foreign service and his silence regarding the settlement. At our April 25th USAID hearing, Administrator Atwood was asked about this secret agreement to end Mr. Neifert's career that included an undisclosed cash settlement paid for with appropriated taxpayer funds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
