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SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE BONUSES AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS AT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
HEARING
BEFORE THE
 
SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS
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COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
SEPTEMBER 23
,
2009
 
Serial No. 111–43
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COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS
BOB FILNER, California,
Chairman
CORRINE BROWN, Florida  VIC SNYDER, Arkansas MICHAEL H. MICHAUD, Maine STEPHANIE HERSETH SANDLIN, South Dakota HARRY E. MITCHELL, Arizona JOHN J. HALL, New York DEBORAH L. HALVORSON, Illinois THOMAS S.P. PERRIELLO, Virginia HARRY TEAGUE, New Mexico CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ, Texas JOE DONNELLY, Indiana JERRY M
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NERNEY, California ZACHARY T. SPACE, Ohio TIMOTHY J. WALZ, Minnesota JOHN H. ADLER, New Jersey  ANN KIRKPATRICK, Arizona GLENN C. NYE, Virginia STEVE BUYER, Indiana,
 Ranking
CLIFF STEARNS, Florida JERRY MORAN, Kansas HENRY E. BROWN, J
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., South Carolina JEFF MILLER, Florida JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas BRIAN P. BILBRAY, California DOUG LAMBORN, Colorado GUS M. BILIRAKIS, Florida  VERN BUCHANAN, Florida DAVID P. ROE, Tennessee M
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SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS
HARRY E. MITCHELL, Arizona,
Chairman
ZACHARY T. SPACE, Ohio TIMOTHY J. WALZ, Minnesota JOHN H. ADLER, New Jersey JOHN J. HALL, New York DAVID P. ROE, Tennessee,
 Ranking
CLIFF STEARNS, Florida BRIAN P. BILBRAY, California Pursuant to clause 2(e)(4) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House, public hearing records of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs are also published in electronic form.
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C O N T E N T S
September 23, 2009
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Senior Executive Service Bonuses and Other Administrative Matters at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs .................................................................1 OPENING STATEMENTS Chairman Harry E. Mitchell ...................................................................................1 Prepared statement of Chairman Mitchell .....................................................25 Hon. David P. Roe, Ranking Republican Member ................................................2 Prepared statement of Congressman Roe .......................................................26 Hon. John J. Hall .....................................................................................................4 Hon. Timothy J. Walz ..............................................................................................4 Hon. Harry Teague, prepared statement of ...........................................................26 WITNESSES U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: James J. O’Neill, Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, Office of Inspector General .....................................................................................6 Prepared statement of Mr. O’Neill ...........................................................27 Hon. W. Scott Gould, Deputy Secretary .........................................................15 Prepared statement of Mr. Gould ............................................................32 MATERIAL SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD Post-Hearing Questions and Responses for the Record: Hon. Harry E. Mitchell, Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Inves-tigations, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, to Hon. George J. Opfer, Inspec-tor General, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, letter dated September 25, 2009, and response letter dated November 2, 2009 [An identical letter was sent to Hon. David P. Roe, Ranking Republican Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.] ................37 Hon. Harry E. Mitchell, Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Inves-tigations, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, to Hon. Eric K. Shinseki, Sec-retary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, letter dated September 25, 2009, and VA responses .......................................................................................38
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