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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, and ". [[Robert A. Burton]], OFPP’s associate administrator, is now 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>
'''Indicted for Felony'''<br>
The new [http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/press_room/press_releases/2005_4245_SafavianIndict100505.pdf five-count felony indictment ] covers the period May 16, 2002, until January 2004, when Safavian was chief of staff at the General Services Administration. Safavian has been charged with "obstructing a GSA proceeding, obstructing a U.S. Senate proceeding, and making false statements, Assistant Attorney General [[Alice S. Fisher]] of the Criminal Division announced." "Each count carries a potential top penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine." --[http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=54613 ''US Newswire]/[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/05/AR2005100501640.html ''Washington Post'', October 5, 2005].
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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''.
"Mr. Safavian worked with Mr. Abramoff in the Washington lobbying offices of [[Preston Gates and Ellis|Preston Gates & Ellis]], a Seattle-based firm. According to lobbying records, Mr. Safavian shared at least one client with Mr. Abramoff, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, and also represented Microsoft, the Port of Seattle and the Dredging Contractors of America," Shenon and Kornblut [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/20/politics/20lobby.html?pagewanted=all wrote].
:The [[Jack Abramoff: Capital Athletic Foundation|Capital Athletic Foundation]] paid $120,000 in August 2002 for Abramoff, Ney [Rep. R-OH], Ralph Reed and then-[[General Services Administration]] Chief of Staff David Safavian to go to St. Andrews to play golf with a stop in London on way back. "Ney later claimed that the trip’s purpose was to raise money for a foundation, but there were no fundraising events during the course of the trip." [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55283-2004Sep27.html?nav=rss_nation]
"That the Bush Administration would turn the keys to the treasury over to this crew is beyond irresponsible. No one could be so blind as not to understand how utterly inappropriate it is that David Safavian is charged with overseeing the federal government's purchasing activities." [http://216.109.125.130/search/cache?p=%22David+Safavian%22&sm=Yahoo%21+Search&toggle=1&ei=UTF-8&b=21&u=projectusa.org/ezine/2005/09-05-grovers_supply.php&w=%22david+safavian%22&d=Pxp6L2FULesp&icp=1&.intl=us]
*[[Bush administration scandals]]
*[[outsourcing]]
*[[Paul A. Denett]]
*[[Republican 'culture of corruption']]
*[[Susan B. Ralston]]
*[["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.
