Only in the government is gross incompetence rewarded.
Via Weekly Standard:
The director of the Phoenix VA hospital where 40 veterans died while waiting for care received an $8,500 bonus last month, according to Jeff Miller, chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee.
Sharon Helman, the director of the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System, “got an $8,500 bonus last month while there was an open [inspector general] investigation into Phoenix,” Chairman Miller told CNN’s Jake Tapper in an interview Wednesday.
It had been previously reported that Helman received more than $9,000 in bonus pay in 2013 on top of her annual salary of $169,900. The VA office of inspector general began investigating the Phoenix VA for wrongdoing in December 2013, months before Helman received the additional $8,500 bonus.
Update:
Guess a little outrage on the subject works. Shinseki has reportedly rescinded the bonus:
CNN has learned Veterans Affairs Sec Eric Shinseki has rescinded the $8495 bonus awarded to Phoenix VA Director Sharon Helman last month.
— CNN LA carey (@CNNLAcab) May 21, 2014