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Oct 3, 2012
| FEDERAL COMPUTER WEEK
VA cracks down on conference spending
Following a new inspector general’s audit of two conferences held in 2011, the Veterans Affairs Department has enacted numerous tactics to check spending, root out misconduct by employees and keep senior officials involved in conference planning.
Oct 2, 2012
| POLITICO
IG hits VA spending, top official resigns
The Department of Veterans Affairs wasted at least $762,000 in taxpayer money for two lavish conferences in Florida and a top department official has resigned in the wake of the disclosure, the VA inspector general reported Monday.
Oct 2, 2012
| AP + SEATTLE TIMES
Investigators cite wasteful spending at VA events
Federal investigators estimated Monday that the Department of Veterans Affairs wastefully spent about $762,000 at two employee conferences last year in Orlando, Fla., and that senior leadership failed to provide proper oversight in planning and executing the events.
Oct 2, 2012
| VA Leader Resigns Over Lavish Conference Spending
VA Leader Resigns Over Lavish Conference Spending
A senior Department of Veterans Affairs official has resigned following the release Sept. 30 of an Inspector General's report that blasted the VA for leadership failure and ethical violations following lavish VA conferences at a Florida resort last year where employees took gifts from contractors.
Oct 2, 2012
| FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
IG report cites failed leadership in wasteful VA conference spending
Two Veterans Affairs Department training conferences held last summer in Orlando, Fla., contained as much as $762,000 in wasteful spending and were plagued by poor planning and oversight, according to an inspector general report released Monday.
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