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'''David Hossein Safavian''' was nominated by President [[George W. Bush]] as Administrator, [http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/procurement/ Office of Federal Procurement Policy], [[Office of Management and Budget]] (OMB) on January 22, 2004. He [http://www.fcw.com/article90857-09-19-05-Web&RSS=yes resigned] Friday, September 16, 2005. [[Robert A. Burton]], OFPP’s associate administrator, took over "managing the office."
'''Convicted'''<br>
On June 20, 2006, in the "first trial to emerge from the scandal surrounding" former business partner [[Jack Abramoff]], Safavian was "convicted on four of five felony counts of lying and obstruction" and the "verdict gave a boost to the wide-ranging influence peddling probe that focuses on Abramoff's dealings with [[Congress]]."
Also highlighted in the case was the name of Rep. [[Bob Ney]] (R-OH). "A key witness in the case was [[Neil Volz]], a convicted partner of Abramoff's and ex-chief of staff to Ney. Prosecutors introduced hundreds of e-mails exchanged among Safavian, Abramoff, Volz and others in 2002." [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LOBBYIST_PROBE?SITE=1010WINS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT]
'''Indicted for Corruption'''<br>
Safavian, the [[Bush administration]]’s "top federal procurement officer" in the Office of Management and Budget, was arrested September 19, 2005, "based on a three-count criminal complaint filed in federal court, according to a [[Justice Department]] [http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2005/September/05_crm_490.htm statement]." [http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/092005/brief1.html]
"The Jack Abramoff [[lobbying]] scandal reached into the White House," [[Dan Froomkin ]] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2005/09/20/BL2005092000753_pf.html wrote] in the September 20, 2005, ''Washington Post'', "picking off" President Bush's "top procurement official -- who just barely had time to resign before being arrested."
"The complaint, filed by the [[FBI]], alleges that David H. Safavian, 38, a White House procurement official involved until last week in [[Hurricane Katrina]] relief efforts, made repeated false statements to government officials and investigators about a golf trip with Abramoff to Scotland in 2002," R. Jeffrey Smith and Susan Schmidt [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/19/AR2005091901859.html wrote] in the September 20, 2005, ''Washington Post''.
*[["Team Abramoff"]]
==External Linkslinks ==
===Profiles===
*[http://www.whitehouse.gov/results/leadership/bio_390.html The President & His Leadership Team: "David Safavian -- General Services Administration, Chief of Staff of the General Services Administration,"] White House Appointee Directory.
