Lurita Alexis Doan (born January 4, 1958), is an African American, conservative commentator discussing issues affecting the federal government. Doan was the host of the weekly opinion editorial, Leadership Matters, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 2009. Doan is a regular contributor to The Arena at Politico.com and to Biggovernment.com, and has published opinion editorials in major U.S. daily newspapers, such as USA Today and The Los Angeles Times. Doan has also appeared as a guest contributor on Fox News, CNN and other cable networks with commentary on fiscal discipline, government contracting practices, the federal budget and current affairs. Lurita served as the Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) from May 31, 2006 to April 30, 2008. She is the first woman and the second African-American, to serve as chief executive of the U.S. General Services Administration. Lurita's tenure at the nation's premier procurement agency was marked by a return to the fundamentals of business best practices and fiscal discipline that date to GSA's creation in 1949, as well as a wave of award-winning, innovative ideas. Lurita has received numerous awards for innovation. In 2008, Lurita received the prestigious "Friend of the Americas" tri national award for her advocacy and innovation for land ports of entry by representatives from Canada, the U. S. and Mexico. Previous recipients include Secretary Tom Ridge and then-Governor George Bush. Doan was identified in February 2008 as one of the 25 Most Influential Black Women in Business. Prior to her tenure in public service, Lurita founded a surveillance Technology company in 1990. She was selected as one of SBA's Women Business Owner Success Stories for its 50th Anniversary Celebration. Among Lurita's business awards are the 2004 National Women's Business Council Award for entrepreneurship, the 2003 National Director's Award for Entrepreneurial Innovation from the Department of Commerce, the 2003 Committee of 200 Luminary Award for Innovation in Technology, and the 2003 Visionary Award from the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship. Lurita sold the company in 2005. Lurita is a native of New Orleans whose home in the 9th Ward was destroyed in during Hurricane Katrina. She is descended from three generations of African-American entrepreneurs. Lurita holds a Bachelor's Degree from Vassar College and a Masters' Degree from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. She and her husband have two daughters and live in Northern Virginia. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LuritaDoan http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LuritaDoan TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:30:00 GMT Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:30:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ For months, pundits and politicians have been saying that Americans have a math problem. They have a point, for Mr. Obama routinely champions the idea that running annual deficits in excess of $1 trillion dollars can be... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LuritaDoan/2012/12/10/democrats_assault_on_language c4d98fd9-3417-4fb3-a51c-c6f66363058c Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:30:00 GMT Democrats have run a number on Republicans. They have skillfully captured certain words in the American lexicon and redefined them, applying Democrat-themed meanings for the specific purpose of cowing Republicans... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LuritaDoan/2012/10/01/do_democrats_own_the_terms_racism_and_lying 7764bf2d-a4e0-4431-bffc-701205033fcb Mon, 01 Oct 2012 04:01:00 GMT President Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention was scary. What Americans heard is a thinly disguised plan to continue with an effort to further the addiction of American voters to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LuritaDoan/2012/09/10/obama_iso_idiots 13bdc25c-5f75-41df-aa3e-0b15bf48631b Mon, 10 Sep 2012 04:01:00 GMT Four years ago, Barack Obama chose to use ten, grandiose, Greek columns as the backdrop for his speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. The staging was a rather clumsy effort to substitute... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LuritaDoan/2012/09/05/obamas_prophetic_greek_columns 832ede77-e5de-46f7-94d0-0d0f99f62efb Wed, 05 Sep 2012 04:01:00 GMT In January of 2009, Barack Obama promised Americans an "unprecedented" level of transparency in his dealings with the American people and throughout his Administration. Almost four years have passed since that... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LuritaDoan/2012/08/13/barack_obama__a_transparent_fraud 16beb8c4-cbc1-4609-b646-07f02b25bf18 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 04:01:00 GMT Dr. Sally Ride, an extraordinary woman, a legendary astronaut and a leadership pioneer died last week to little or no fanfare. I kept waiting for the front-page newspaper encomium that would outline her many... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LuritaDoan/2012/07/30/we_need_more_heroes 7506e8d4-2cf3-427c-b90c-9686005126c6 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 04:01:00 GMT Barack Obama has made it clear that he is a big believer in big government and has adopted a economic plan to run trillions of dollars in annual deficits for as long as possible. Obama remains steadfast against... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LuritaDoan/2012/07/23/obama_administrations_costcutting_incompetence 1359952c-e426-4bf2-97a9-9a2e41605a98 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 04:01:00 GMT Barack Obama was a no-show at the recent 103rd NAACP conference, but, clearly, he is being given a pass by the NAACP leadership. Checking the president's schedule, apparently there was nothing so pressing that he... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LuritaDoan/2012/07/16/obamathe_black_mans_burden 6d73898a-1726-4ddc-92bd-70614303c8a8 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 04:01:00 GMT How disheartening to watch U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder maneuver, spin, duck, dodge and dissemble. Perhaps Holder still clings to the notion that he is serving the country and protecting the President, but his... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LuritaDoan/2012/07/02/eric_holders_tangled_web_of_deception 9fff95a7-e9a7-4ea5-b40a-33bd35bbf9ad Mon, 02 Jul 2012 04:01:00 GMT Barack Obama does lip service to the concept of entrepreneurship and small business ownership and, as he moves full tilt into election campaign mode, repeatedly cues up small business photo ops in an effort to become... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LuritaDoan/2012/06/18/barack_obama_the_shape_shifter f4f83061-5383-4366-9ada-c15e4e66037d Mon, 18 Jun 2012 04:01:00 GMT Acts of faith are performed each day in this country, and we are all the better for it. But sadly, Barack Obama does not seem to have faith in the American system, nor does he believe in American exceptionalism, nor... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LuritaDoan/2012/06/11/obama_has_no_faith b945323a-d7e4-4426-89cf-35a94b72a90c Mon, 11 Jun 2012 04:01:00 GMT Emigrant Bank was recently identified to receive a waiver that would allow the bank to opt out of rigorous Dodd-Frank requirements. These of course are the same new rules and regulations that Barack deems essential to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LuritaDoan/2012/06/04/friends_of_obama_allowed_to_opt_out 860053fa-3abd-4b82-92aa-2db370600213 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 04:01:00 GMT The Obama Administration's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has requested all federal agencies to cut their FY2014 budgets by 5%. Not too surprisingly, these "cuts" are being heralded as an example of new, fiscal... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LuritaDoan/2012/05/28/obamas_economic_cowpies 19d350a1-158f-423d-90ae-f5f201e319bd Mon, 28 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT Barack Obama claims to be pro-growth. So does Greece, Spain, and almost everyone else. Why? Because admitting preference for the alternative-crushing, heavy-handed government interference that kills initiative and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LuritaDoan/2012/05/21/obamas_progrowth_illusion bef897a4-6d29-4891-b86a-88e0309f7657 Mon, 21 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT Eric Holder's incompetent team of legal minds has botched things up again. Roger Clemens is in a fight for his life, and his enemies are fierce, partisan and patently unfair. His alleged crime-making false... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LuritaDoan/2012/05/07/eric_holders_hypocrisy cf8761c3-2e88-4f58-85c6-32bf5dec2900 Mon, 07 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT