Nick Dahl: Unlocking VA’s prison payment problem

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Nick Dahl: Unlocking VA’s prison payment problem

When a veteran goes to federal prison, his or her payouts from the Veterans Benefits Administration are supposed to go down. But, they don't always, and that ha...

Michael O'Connell@moconnellWFED

July 21, 2016 9:26 am

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Nick Dahl, director, Bedford Audit Operations Division, Inspector General Office, VA

When a veteran goes to federal prison, his or her payouts from the Veterans Benefits Administration are supposed to go down. But, they don't always, and that has cost VBA tens of millions of dollars. Nick Dahl, director of the Bedford Audit Operations Division of the VA's inspector general office, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin about a new report that tells how VBA could fix the problem.