VA Moves to Slash Pay, Suspend Senior Executives

Government Executive: The Veterans Affairs Department has recommended suspending one senior executive, and slashing the pay of two others for their roles in the VA’s use of relocation incentives and reassignments of top employees.

VA Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson on Tuesday proposed a 15-day suspension for Danny Pummill, acting undersecretary for benefits, and a 10 percent pay reduction for Diana Rubens and Kimberly Graves, the recently-reinstated directors of the Veterans Benefits Administration’s Philadelphia office and St. Paul, Minn., regional office, respectively.

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