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

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

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IMPACT: Sen. Grassley demands review of VA travel after news of $131,000 commute

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Top lawmaker urges Obama to fill gov’t watchdog jobs

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Watchdog interference: Inspectors General say agencies hinder investigations

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Grassley asks for independent investigator to probe ATF

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Excerpts from this story referencing "official travel status":

"… 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 Reporter Corb …"

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

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Questions about the extent of travel abuse by federal employees

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EPA needs to improve monitoring of Missouri toxic waste site

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Quest for EPA documents reveals deliberate misclassification by agency staff

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Watchdog interference: Inspectors General say agencies hinder investigations

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EPA inspector general responds to FOIA review by Grassley and Issa

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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 …"