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Aug 14, 2012
| MILITARY TIMES
IG probing VA conferences; combined cost $5M
The Veterans Affairs Department last year held two employee conferences at a combined cost of at least $5 million at which attendees received tens of thousands of dollars in promotional items.
Aug 14, 2012
| FEDERAL TIMES
IG investigating two VA conferences that cost a combined $5 million
The Veterans Affairs Department last year held two employee conferences at a combined cost of at least $5 million at which attendees received tens of thousands of dollars in promotional items.
Aug 14, 2012
| WASHINGTON POST
Veterans Affairs agency under investigation for conference spending
The Department of Veterans Affairs spent $5 million—and set aside $4 million more — last year for two training conferences whose organizers are under investigation for breaking ethics rules by improperly accepting gifts, congressional committees and government sources said Monday.
Aug 14, 2012
| WMFE RADIO ORLANDO
VA Officials Quizzed About Hospital Delays
A panel led by the US House Veterans Affairs Committee held a hearing in Orlando Monday, demanding answers for ongoing delays to the construction of a new VA hospital. The contractor building the hospital blames poor communication for the delay.
Aug 14, 2012
| FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
Veterans group calls for legislative fix to VA contracting rule
Vietnam Veterans of America has thrown support behind a congressional effort to loosen a rule that governs service-disabled veteran-owned businesses working for the Veterans Affairs Department.
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