{"id":13859,"date":"2009-08-21T12:05:35","date_gmt":"2009-08-21T17:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=13859"},"modified":"2009-08-21T12:05:35","modified_gmt":"2009-08-21T17:05:35","slug":"vas-tech-office-playground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=13859","title":{"rendered":"VA’s Tech Office playground"},"content":{"rendered":"

DefendUSA sends me this link from Townhall<\/a> about an IG report from the VA which details the antics of the VA’s Technology Office;<\/p>\n

In scathing reports this week, the VA’s inspector general said thousands of technology office employees at the VA received the bonuses over a two-year period, some under questionable circumstances. It also detailed abuses ranging from nepotism to an inappropriate relationship between two VA employees.<\/p>\n

The inspector general accused one recently retired VA official of acting “as if she was given a blank checkbook” as awards and bonuses were distributed to employees of the Office of Information and Technology in 2007 and 2008.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One supervisor struck up an “inappropriate relationship” with an employee in Florida and flew that employee back and forth to Washington – your cost; 37 grand. The official who ran the office, Jennifer S. Duncan, also charged some educational benefits to the tax payers for her family – to the tune of 140 grand.<\/p>\n

You’ll be happy to know that Katie Roberts, a VA spokesperson reassures us that, “VA does not condone misconduct by its employees….” I was wondering.<\/p>\n

There’s little wonder at this point about why there’s a backlog of caseloads at VA, i wish I could blame Shinseki for this, but apparently it’s been going on for a few years. Let’s see if he can straighten it out – without buying a few billion dollars worth of hats from China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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