Interior Employees Paid $6 Million While Facing Misconduct Investigations

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Interior Employees Paid $6 Million While Facing Misconduct Investigations

Ethan Barton / @ethanrbarton / April 06, 2017 / comments

The National Park Service spent the most on administrative leave among Department of Interior agencies. (Photo: DZ/dz/Dean Pictures/Newscom)

Department of the Interior officials were paid $6 million while on extended administrative leave—often while under investigation for misconduct—without documented approval, a government watchdog reported Wednesday.

The $6 million went to 242 department employees on administrative leave for at least 45 days between January 2013 and July 2016, the agency’s inspector general reported.

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