VA Awards Senior Officials 3.8 Million Dollars in Bonuses

[vetadmin]

While our veterans wait for benefits to be awarded, the VA awards its senior officials 3.8 Million Dollars.
See this link for the article:http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/shared-gen/ap/US_Presidential_Cabinet/Veterans_Care_Bonuses.html

[veteranadvocate]

I would like to know what these Senior Officials are making in salary and perks.  Maybe they feel these bonuses are not out of line in comparison. You can bet that the VA is not the only agency that is taking care of the own, at our expense.

[vetadmin]

Additional information about these awarded bonuses adds to the perception that the VA is self-serving,  rather than serving those who serve us.  Our veterans.

Nearly two dozen officials who received hefty performance bonuses last year at the Veterans Affairs Department also sat on the boards charged with recommending the payments.

Among them: nearly a dozen senior officials who devised the flawed 2005 budget.  Also rewarded was the deputy undersecretary for benefits, who manages a system with severe backlogs of veterans waiting for disability benefits.
 
Some members of the review boards, which are appointed by VA Secretary Jim Nicholson, also had input on bonus recommendations involving themselves, fellow members and spouses that made questionable performance claims and neglected agency problems.

How long are we going to stand by and allow this?