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Parking Meter Scam at Interior HQs
 By Tom Shoop | Friday, July 20, 2007  |  02:55 PM

Looks like some Interior Department employees may be in for a little unwanted scrutiny. News4 in Washington reports that a hot dog vendor who operated his stand outside the Interior headquarters building was arrested yesterday in a parking meter scam. Apparently the vendor, Wahid Rafiq, offered Interior employees and construction workers renovating the building a special service: In exchange for cash payoffs, he would feed their parking meters with "a device like a quarter on a string." One suspects that law enforcement officials may want to speak to any employees who might have received such services.



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As a former DOI agency employee, I'm not surprised at the lack of morals and ethics displayed throughout the Department. We've lost our moral Leadership in DOI. In any society, the Leadership sets the tone and example for ehtical behavior and conduct. From what I observed, the Leadership at DOI (throughout all its agencies) is corrupt, self-indulgent, and ethically bankrupt. How ironic that DOI recently announced a “new” ethics program. Until the leadership is held accountable and answerable for their amoral behavior and actions, the systemic lack of ethical and moral conduct throughout the department is guaranteed to persist.

Not surprised....  | Tuesday, July 24, 2007 |  11:37 AM



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