David Safavian, former chief of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, was indicted Oct. 5 on charges of obstructing proceedings.David Safavian, former chief of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, was indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. Oct. 5 on charges of obstructing proceedings at the General Services Administration The General Services Administration (GSA) was established by section 101 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.A. § 751). The GSA sets policy for and manages government property and records. and the Senate and making false statements, the Justice Department announced. Safavian resigned from his presidentially appointed position just before he was arrested Sept. 19. (SAA (Systems Application Architecture) A set of interfaces designed to cross all IBM platforms from PC to mainframe. Introduced by IBM in 1987, SAA includes the Common User Access (CUA), the Common Programming Interface for Communications (CPI-C) and Common Communications , 9/23) The indictment charges that, while he was chief of staff at GSA (1) (Global mobile Suppliers Association, Sawbridgeworth, U.K., www.gsacom.com) A membership organization of suppliers of GSM products and services. Its goal is to promote GSM as the worldwide mobile communications standard. See GSM Association and GSM. , he made false statements to a GSA investigator and ethics officer about his relationship with a lobbyist, identified in published reports as Jack Abramoff. Abramoff, a well-connected Republican, is currently facing a criminal investigation of his dealings with Native American tribes. He has pleaded not guilty to separate charges related to his purchase of a casino cruise line. |
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