$30 Million In Unreported GSA Bonuses Uncovered By WUSA9 Investigation, Rep John Mica Plans Congressional Investigation

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WUSA)  -- The U.S. Government won't explain, but a 9 News Now investigation has found $30 million in unreported bonuses for fiscal year 2011 - making the already troubled General Services Administration's total bonus pool nearly $44 million.

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"Just outrageous," said U.S. Rep John Mica, Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. "All put on the taxpayers tab. There are very serious problems for GSA. "

GSA does not respond to interview requests

GSA officials did not respond to interview requests, but issued a statement saying Acting Administrator Dan Tangherlini "is reviewing all bonuses and the entire performance award system."

Mica shares GSA oversight responsibility with Congressman Jeff Denham.

"We've known that there is a culture of waste, fraud and abuse," said U.S. Rep Jeff Denham (R-Ca.), Chairman of the House Subcommitte on Oversight.  "This proves that this is a systemic problem that is rooted deeply within this organization."

Mica plans to bring out the bonus records uncovered by 9 Wants to Know during a congressional hearing into GSA mismanagement scheduled to begin Wednesday morning.

WUSA9 investigation reviewed over 13,000 payroll records

The $44 million in bonuses should have been released in May, when the Office of Personnel Management released GSA payroll and bonus information, but until WUSA9 sorted through the newly obtained 13,000 GSA pay records, the troubled agency had reported less than a third of its bonus pay.

"It's very significant," Mica said. "People have to be held accountable"

The GSA statement said the agency has identified more than 15 different bonus structures, questions about the agency's high award rate, and questions as to whether performance goals are set to high enough levels.

GSA suspended a bonus program to senior executives after a May WUSA investigation uncovered 67 bonuses of about $10,000 a piece, including payouts to officials suspended for poor performance.

WUSA9 has published the newly obtained 13,710 individual payroll records of G... showing bonuses and wages the agency did not release in response in May.

"I want to be commissioner, so freaking bad," crooned the GSA rapper made infamous in videos released as the agency's $823,000 Las Vegas convention scandal unfolded. "When I'm commissioner, oh, oh, oh," goes the refrain about easy government money at GSA.

The findings of our analysis indicate the rapper may as well have been singing about former Acting Administrator and Denver Regional Commissioner Paul Prouty.

Congressional sources say Prouty, who officials suspended shortly after the scandal broke, helped organize that lavish $823,000 Las Vegas GSA convention - working with Commissioner Jeffrey Neely who is better known for that shirtless convention bathtub shot.

It wasn't not Prouty's first dustup in a GSA controversy.

Official earns $100,000 in bonuses during years of controversies

In 2009 , Prouty was the acting Administrator who received the GSA death list, an e-mail warning about fears Kansas City workers had cancer related illnesses caused by toxins at a GSA complex. GSA ignored the warning, and Prouty got a bonus.

The GSA cash bonuses referred to in the highly publicized rap videos paid out big for Prouty following the unexplained deaths of workers in Kansas City and the lavish spending at the Las Vegas Convention.

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