Probe Finds Jackson Urged Favoritism in HUD Contracts
Source: By Elizabeth Williamson, Washington Post, Friday, September 22, 2006
An inspector general's report charges that top U.S. housing official Alphonso Jackson urged staff members to favor friends of President Bush when awarding Department of Housing and Urban Development contracts. But investigators so far have found no direct proof that Jackson's staff obeyed.
....... Awarding contracts on the basis of party affiliation violates federal law.