Congress Going After Travel Expenses

Congress is on something of a crusade when it comes to agency travel and meeting expenses. This time the focus is on Veterans Affairs, which spent $220,000 for an 11-day conference in Arizona. That's put VA in the hot seat, Federal Times reports. Congress has passed a bill requiring VA to provide quarterly accounting of conference expenses, which would track events involving more than 50 people or that cost more than $20,000. They would also include estimates for future conference expenses. Lawmakers hope the bill will cut down on wasteful spending