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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There are many restrictions on official government travel, but they’ve been ignored

By Corbin Hiar

Questions about the extent of travel abuse by federal employees

Excerpts from this story referencing "official travel status":

"… for their airfare, hotels, and other expenses, they had to qualify for “official travel status.” That means that every time they flew to D.C., their supervisors had to …"

"… by plane? Are you a government worker whose boss or coworkers are abusing official travel status or their duty station assignment? Email tips to iWatch News Repo …"