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R-VA. Jen Kiggans hosted a hearing Tuesday discussing millions of dollars in incentive payments distributed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that were not properly documented.
The House Veterans Affairs Committee’s press release said that the subcommittee of Keeggs’s oversight and investigation hearings said that, according to a press release from the House Veterans Affairs Committee, there has been a lack of incentive payments for recruitment, relocation and retention for years.
Chris Lovell, a retired Marine specialist and senior Marine Services company, called it three rupees for recruiting, retaining and relocating, calling it three rupees. “It gives people an extra salary… to keep them and keep them, especially if they have the professional career they need for VA. ”
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A recent audit found that between 2020 and 2023, VA relocation payments increased by 85%, retention payments increased by 131%, and recruitment payments increased by 237%. In total, an incentive payment worth $1.2 billion was provided to employees during this period, but $341 million of them were not correctly recorded, the commission said.
Signs outside the headquarters of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, D.C. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Image)
The audit found that in one case, the Veterans Health Administration awarded $30,000 in relocation payments to employees who never moved.
Lovell’s Florida business provides resources to Virginia, which he says is an ongoing problem. A 2017 report found that VA’s payments were incorrect, totaling more than $158 million in unsupported spending, the release said.
Lovell said those documentation issues could be alleviated if the agency improves its management and upgrades its outdated systems. The Defense Civilian Payroll System used by the Department of Defense and Virginia was created 30 years ago.
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“This is two ways to clean up what is considered fraud and waste,” he said. “If [management says] They want to clean up wrong payments or payments without files and then need to monitor this. …and the second part of the improvement process is the system. ”
Chris Lovell, a retired Marine specialist and senior Marine Services company, called it three rupees for recruiting, retaining and relocating, calling it three rupees. “It gives people an extra salary… to keep them and keep them, especially if they have the professional career they need for VA. ” (Fox News figures)
But, Lovell said, Virginia does “great things” for veterans every day.
“We are very happy to be a part of it,” he said.
In an email, a VA spokesperson forwarded the Fox News digitalization to the agency’s testimony at the hearing.
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According to its website, VA currently has about 482,000 employees, most of whom work for the Veterans Health Administration.
Earlier this year, the Department of Efficiency found that Virginia paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a month for website changes, then canceled the contract and let internal staff take over.
Metal plaque on the exterior wall of Veterans Affairs Building in Washington, DC (Robert Alexander/Getty Image)
While combing through data and a lot of data, Doge discovered VA’s previous contract for website maintenance.
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Doge said in an article on X: “Excellent work by @DeptVetaffairs.
