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VA cancels nearly $10M in bonuses paid to more career executives than intended

Published: Sept. 27, 2023, 11:45 a.m.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is taking back nearly $10 million in bonuses it paid to career senior leaders earlier this month, over concerns the awards went to more executives than intended.\nVA officials said in a statement Friday that the department, after a recent review, found it was \u201cimprecise\u201d in how it implemented its new critical skill incentive (CSI) authority under the toxic-exposure PACT Act\n\u201cThis led to more career senior executives receiving these payments than intended,\u201d VA officials said in a statement.\nThe VA said 170 career senior executives received about $9.7 million in critical skill incentive payments in early September.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices