VA In Hot Water

Now Veterans Affairs is in the pressure cooker over conference spending. The VA inspector general is looking into allegations of wasteful spending at two HR conferences that cost the VA $9 million. Attendees received tens of thousands of dollars worth of swag. Members of Congress are weighing in with outrage. The training conferences in question took place in Orlando, Fla., in July and August of last year. Federal Times reports, the IG is also looking into whether federal employees improperly accepted gifts of spa treatments and concert tickets. In April, the GSA was stung by an IG report detailing lavish conference spending in Las Vegas.