2023-07-252023-07-251996-09-26https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14300/1003The House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight investigated "travelgate," a political scandal involving the firing of 7 travel office employees by the Clinton administration. While the firings were originally attributed to "gross mismanagement" and criminal activity, the investigation found that the termination was instead motivated by political cronyism as the President wanted to reward long-time friend, Harry Thomason. The committee recommended a number of reforms to remedy the systems that were abused through this incident, including: reform review standards of Special Government Employees, creation of financial and internal review controls for the Executive Office of the President, amendment of the Presidential Records Act and Federal Records Act to give courts jurisdiction to ensure government documents are not mismanaged or destroyed, and prohibition of procuring goods and services through procurement operations by the Office of the Counsel of the President.987 pagesenCommittee Approved ReportsHouseHas ViewsHouse Committee Approved Report20: Government Operations2010: Executive Ethics, Impeachment and Scandal104