{"id":35295,"date":"2013-04-25T21:00:23","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T01:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=35295"},"modified":"2013-04-25T20:16:46","modified_gmt":"2013-04-26T00:16:46","slug":"bonuses-for-va-execs-a-great-waste-of-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=35295","title":{"rendered":"Bonuses for VA execs … a great waste of money"},"content":{"rendered":"

WSBTV.com<\/a>\u00a0has the story about how VA executives in Atlanta received bonuses despite issues within their realm of\u00a0responsibility.<\/p>\n

Despite the scandal engulfing the Atlanta VA Medical Center, Channel 2 Action News has uncovered the VA’s top executives have been pocketing large salary bonuses.
\nThose salaries are being paid with tax money and the tax money of veterans.
\nChannel 2’s Scott MacFarlane obtained records that show top brass throughout the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have scored big bonus checks in recent months, including in Atlanta.
\nDespite a laundry list of findings, the Atlanta management has botched how it handled some of its high-risk patients that led to patient deaths, suicides, an overdose and a schizophrenic patient found roaming free inside the building.
\nRecords show former Atlanta VA Medical Center Director James Clark pocketed a $13,000 bonus in 2011 and another $17,000 worth of salary bonuses in 2010.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Those bonuses were given at roughly the same time period in which the audit said two Atlanta veterans showing suicidal tendencies sought help, got lost in red tape and then killed themselves.
\nIt’s also about the same time another person with a history of substance abuse was overlooked and overdosed and died.
\nThe report said a mental health patient managed to roam free in the building for hours and injected testosterone around the same time as well.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Giving a bonus to someone in government seems like a waste – unless they’ve done something to save the government even more money, i.e. the Waste, Fraud and Abuse program, which often rewards those whom point out ways the government can save money.<\/p>\n

So, I have a serious question: Considering all the issues with both the benefits administration and the health administration at the VA, why do any\u00a0bureaucrats at the VA get bonuses?<\/p>\n

Cross posted from After the Army<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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