- The Washington Times - Thursday, January 15, 2015

The executive who took over the General Services Administration in the wake a conference scandal that wrought reforms across government announced his resignation Thursday.

General Services Administration Administrator Dan Tangherlini said in a message to agency employees that he plans to leave the GSA by Feb. 13.

He took over the GSA, which oversees federal properties and contracting, after the previous administrator and several top officials were ousted in the wake of a scandal over a lavish GSA-funded conference in Las Vegas.

The scandal led to more embarrassing scandals involving wasteful travel and conferences at GSA as well as other agencies like the IRS and Department of Veterans Affairs.

Mr. Tangherlini made no direct mention of what brought him into office, but he said “much has changed” since he started the job in April 2012.

Among other accomplishments, the agency’s work in modernizing ports of entry, consolidating acquisition functions and leveraging unused government assets.

He said GSA’s deputy administrator, Denise Turner Roth, will become acting administrator.

Mr. Tangherlini previously worked in the Treasury Department and has served as the D.C. government’s city administrator and transportation director.

• Jim McElhatton can be reached at jmcelhatton@washingtontimes.com.

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