Our EPA at work - managing their independent contractors
And doing just a real fine job there Skippy -- from
Government Executive:
Secret Man Caves Found in EPA Warehouse
A warehouse maintained by contractors for the Environmental Protection Agency contained secret rooms full of exercise equipment, televisions and couches, according to an internal audit.
EPA’s inspector general found contractors used partitions, screens and piled up boxes to hide the rooms from security cameras in the 70,000 square-foot building located in Landover, Md. The warehouse -- used for inventory storage -- is owned by the General Services Administration and leased to the EPA for about $750,000 per year.
The EPA has issued a stop work order to Apex Logistics LLC, the responsible contractor, ensuring the company’s workers no longer have access to the site -- EPA security officials escorted contractor personnel off the premises on May 17 -- and ending all payments on the contract.
Since awarding the contract in May 2007, EPA has paid Apex Logistics about $5.3 million, most of which went to labor costs. Conditions at the facility “raise questions about time charges made by warehouse employees under the contract,” the report said.
“The warehouse contained multiple unauthorized and hidden personal spaces created by and for the workers that included televisions, refrigerators, radios, microwaves, chairs and couches,” the IG report said. “These spaces contained personal items, including photos, pin ups, calendars, clothing, books, magazines and videos.”
A bit more:
In addition to the secret rooms, the IG found an incomplete and inaccurate recordkeeping system; numerous potential security and safety hazards, including an open box of passports; and “deplorable conditions” -- such as corrosion, vermin feces and “pervasive” mold.
Over 1,200 comments including this one which was my first question:
Can someone tell me why the *EPA* has a box of passports???
Google brings up about a dozen Apex Logistics -- the one I think it is is only shown in this
Manta corporate profile:
Apex Logistics, LLC
9015 Rhode Island Avenue
College Park, MD 20740-1929
Phone: (301) 220-1818
Business Management Consultants in College Park, MD
No apparent website, the
office is a modest two-story building. Timothy Graham is mentioned on the Manta profile but nowhere else on Google.
Fox Muldar would be very interested -- talk about a shadowy non-governmental entity...
Posted by DaveH at June 5, 2013 10:01 PM