The Department of Veterans Affairs spent $5 million—and set aside $4 million more — last year for two training conferences, and now the organizers of them are under investigation over whether they broke ethics rules by improperly accepting gifts, lawmakers and government sources said.The agency’s inspector general is investigating whether event planners and other organizers of the training for human resources employees took alcohol, concert tickets and spa treatments from vendors. Also under scrutiny are tens of thousands of dollars in promotional items the conference organizers gave attendees, government sources said.
DO YOU NOT THINK THAT THE MONEY COULD HAVE BEEN
SPENT ON WOUNDED WARRIORS & AND THOSE STILL
WAITING FOR HELP. Maybe the guy running the GSA is
also running the VA?