[1][2] A member of the Republican Party, Doan is a conservative commentator on Federal News Radio 1500AM in Washington, D.C. She hosts the weekly opinion editorial, "Leadership Matters".

The resignation followed a recommendation by the United States Office of Special Counsel to discipline Doan for violating the Hatch Act, which relates to political activities by civil service employees.

[15] In addition, there had been a period of internal GSA conflicts with the agency's inspector general and a number of congressional and special counsel inquiries.

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.

[18] Between 1999 and 2006, Doan and her husband, Douglas, a former military intelligence officer and business liaison official at the Department of Homeland Security, donated nearly $226,000 to Republican campaigns and causes.

[9] Doan, a Republican Party member, was cited by Vice President Dick Cheney in a speech at the Small Business Administration in 2003.

The inspector general had reported that the audits, which aim to ensure that the government is getting the best prices for goods and services, had saved taxpayers more than $1 billion over the previous two years.

[25] On March 26, 2007, in a front page story, the Washington Post reported Doan had violated the Hatch Act:[26] Witnesses have told congressional investigators that the chief of the General Services Administration and a deputy in Karl Rove's political affairs office at the White House joined in a video conference earlier this year with top GSA political appointees, who discussed ways to help Republican candidates.

The Office of Special Counsel investigated Hatch Act questions at GSA.Doan appeared in front of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on June 13, 2007, whereupon Chairman Waxman suggested she resign.

However, the week before Sun announced its decision, Doan alerted Congress to factors that may provide disincentives for companies to do work with the federal government.

Doan expressed her concerns in a September 7, 2007, letter to Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) about the credibility of the GSA Inspector General's office and how that credibility gap can adversely affect relations with vendors, stating: Over the past several months, I have heard complaints questioning the ability of the GSA's IG to conduct independent reviews in an unbiased manner.

Contributing to this perception has been a troubling inability within the office of the IG to safeguard testimony and hold in strict confidence information provided.