Bush appointee allows VA employee to be overpaid $41,000 and commute to D.C. from Ark.

By Corbin Hiar

IT director in scandal-plagued VA office allowed to commute from Arkansas, all-expenses-paid

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"… tinued to live in Fayetteville, Ark. This allowed Gephart, the director of IT field securITy operations in the Office of Information and Technology, to …"

"… Veterans of America.The inspector general recommended that the high-flying IT director pay back the excess wages he received, a conclusion agreed to by …"

"… ng other things, sending sexually explicIT messages using VA equipment.The IT director told investigators that he asked Robert Howard, the VA’s assist …"

"… on Protection and Risk Management Katherine Adair Martinez, pushed for the IT director to move to D.C., he said in the report.Gephart also endangered ve …"

Lobbying the White House

By Alex Knott

Campaign donors and former government officials help 4,600 companies influence the executive branch

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"… obil). And there is Edwina Rogers, who was a lobbyist for NASSCOM (India's IT trade association) before working as associate director for the WhITe Hous …"