Help Wanted @ EPA

Heh. Not sure I trust these guys much with improving the jobs market. They can't seem to fill their own gaps.

UPDATE: From Cannon's departure memo posted at EPA's homepage.

“Today I am voluntarily removing my name from consideration to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. It has come to my attention that America’s Clean Water Foundation, where I once served on the board of directors, has become the subject of scrutiny..."

Scrutiny by evil Republicans or something? Nope - scrutiny by the EPA.

The Foundation did not comply with the financial and program management standards and the procurement standards promulgated in Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 30.

Specifically, the Foundation (1) could not provide support for any of its general journal entries; (2) included duplicate transactions in its accounting system; (3) recorded labor charged to EPA grants incorrectly; (4) could not support the recorded indirect costs; (5) claimed unallowable preaward costs; (6) recorded EPA cash draws inaccurately; (7) did not submit required indirect cost proposals to EPA; (8) did not complete the required single audits for fiscal years ended June 30, 2003, June 30, 2004, and June 30, 2005; and
(9) did not submit a Federal Cash Transactions Report when required.

The Foundation’s procurement practices and procedures did not comply with the grant regulations. The Foundation awarded sole source contracts without performing the cost/price analysis required by Title 40 CFR 30.45. It also awarded a contract to a member of its Board of Directors, contrary to the conflict of interest provisions at Title 40 CFR 30.42, and reimbursed a contractor for billings above contractual ceilings. Because the Foundation did not adequately document its costs and did not comply with the EPA regulations, we questioned the Federal share claimed of $25,372,590.

One would think if a person a top EPA lawyer* knew enough about EPA to get the DEPA appointment he'd know this was a problem, like, before letting the President nominate him.

But hey - maybe his taxes were squared away.

*[From the comments: looks like the biggest difference between Obama and Jesus is that Jesus could actually build a cabinet. Heh. Agree with another commenter that the Inhofe thing is weird.]

UPDATE: Michelle has more (of course).