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Oct 9, 2012
| MILITARY.COM
Top 10 Sequestration FAQs
On September 20, 2012 the Military Advantage Blog featured a live Q&A event with the Chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee and the House Armed Services Committee on the topic of sequestration.
Oct 9, 2012
| HUMAN EVENTS
Calls for more reform at VA amid spending scandal
A top human resources official is out at the Veterans Affairs Department with the release of a new report showing frivolous spending for employee conferences on the taxpayer’s dime. But some would like to see more heads roll following the revelations.
Oct 9, 2012
| BLOOMBERG
U.S. Veterans Agency Triples Conference Spending in 6 Years
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, under fire for unauthorized and wasteful spending at two Florida conferences, has more than tripled its expenditures for such events over six years.
Oct 5, 2012
| MILITARY TIMES
Lawmakers: VA must police conference scandal
House Veterans’ Affairs Committee leaders are expressing concern that the Veterans Affairs Department employees involved in more than $760,000 in wasteful conference spending might evade disciplinary action.
Oct 5, 2012
| WASHINGTON POST
House Veterans chair Jeff Miller criticizes VA leadership over conference spending
The chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee said Wednesday that an inspector general’s report on Department of Veterans Affairs spending on conferences raises questions about its leadership’s ability to cope with problems faced by the people it serves.
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