Question: Why did Frank Joklik and Dave Johnson resign?
Answer: Accusations of bribes and other wrongdoing happened on their watch.Question: Who is in now in charge of Salt Lake's Olympic effort?
Answer: Joklik, until his replacement is named.
Question: What was the governor's involvement in the resignations?
Answer: Engineered behind-the-scenes meetings with Olympic officials.
Question: What was Mayor Deedee Corradini's involvement in the resignations?
Answer: Apparently very little.
Chronology of the scandal
Nov. 24: KTVX Channel 4 reports that a 1996 letter over the signature of Salt Lake Organizing Committee Vice President Dave Johnson leaked to them shows SLOC made a scholarship payment of more than $10,000 to the daughter of an International Olympic Committee member.
Nov. 25: A SLOC spokesman calls the scholarship fund an "outreach program" to help national Olympic committees in other countries.
Dec. 8: In a press briefing, SLOC CEO Frank Joklik declines to reveal the identity of IOC relatives who received payments under the $400,000 scholarship program.
Dec. 11: After meeting with Joklik and other SLOC officials in Lausanne, Switzerland, IOC officials announce creation of a panel to investigate the bribery allegations.
Dec. 13: Joklik issues a statement saying he was not aware of the scholarship payments but accepts responsibility for them and apologizes for the embarrassment caused by the scandal. "With hindsight, I believe this program should not have been part of the bid campaign," he says.
Dec. 14: The Association of International Winter Sports Federations reiterates its support for Salt Lake City as host of the 2002 Winter Olympics, and IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch says the Games will not be taken from Salt Lake City.
Dec. 17: Attorney General Janet Reno says the U.S. Justice Department's criminal division is considering whether a probe into possible corruption at SLOC is needed.
Dec. 18: The SLOC board of trustees meets and says it will give its own board of ethics free rein to probe the bribery allegations.
Dec. 22: The U.S. Olympic Committee announces the appointment of a special commission headed by former U.S. Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell to look into the bribery allegations.
Dec. 23: The U.S. Justice Department launches a formal investigation into allegations of improprieties in connection with the Salt Lake bid for the Winter Games.
Jan. 4: Gov. Mike Leavitt calls on SLOC officials to take leaves of absence while the four investigations are under way.
Jan. 7: Joklik meets at the Governor's Mansion with Gov. Mike Leavitt, members of the SLOC executive board and U.S. Olympic Committee officials. He decides to resign.
Jan. 8: At a news conference, Joklik announces his and Johnson's resignations.