Senators Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Tom
Coburn (R-Okla.) in a letter addressed to Secretary of Veteran Affairs
Eric Shinseki claim that from January 1, 2012 through February 2013, 188
VA employees were paid full-time to do union-related work instead of
assisting the nation’s veterans.
“Recently, it has come to our attention
that a number of VA employees are paid government salaries, funded
entirely by taxpayers, to perform work totally unrelated to their formal
governmental duties,” the letter reads.
“In a practice known as ‘official time’
taxpayers pay for federal employees to perform union duties instead of
their formal jobs they were initially hired to do,” it adds. “Federal
employees not serving veterans during official time could lead to the
failure of VA’s top goals and the well-being of those who have
sacrificed in the service our nation, could be compromised. “
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