Army: Veterans Buried In Wrong Graves At Arlington National Cemetery. NBC Nightly News (6/10) broadcast, "There has been a change in command at Arlington National Cemetery after the revelation of some terrible problems involving...remains" in "at least 211 gravesites." On Thursday, Arlington's superintendent was relieved of his command, while the facility's deputy superintendent "was put on immediate administrative leave pending further investigation" of problems detailed in a US Army review, including the revelation that some veterans are buried in the wrong graves.
     According to a report aired by the CBS Evening News (6/10), the secretary of the Army "fired the superintendent and deputy superintendent after the Army's inspector general found multiple cases of remains mishandled." The "inspector general's report vindicates whistleblower Gina Gray, the former public affairs officer at the cemetery who told a high-ranking general about the problems two years ago." Gray "now has another government job and is suing the Army."
     VA Official Made Temporary Superintendent In Wake Of Investigation. The AP (6/11, Flaherty, Jelinek) says an Army investigation "has found that potentially hundreds of remains at Arlington National Cemetery have been misidentified or misplaced, in a scandal marring the reputation of the nation's pre-eminent burial ground for its honored dead since the Civil War." On Thursday, Army Secretary John McHugh "announced...that the cemetery's two civilian leaders would be forced to step aside, and he appointed" Kathryn Condon, a "former civilian head of Army Materiel Command," to "conduct a more thorough" graves investigation and "sort out the mix-up." After noting that "Patrick Hallinan, a director with the Veterans Affairs Department, is temporarily being assigned as the cemetery's superintendent," the AP adds, "McHugh also announced the creation of an independent advisory commission that will be led by former senators and Army veterans Max Cleland and Bob Dole." NPR
Impact: Arlington National Cemetery shake-up, VA called in to assist

Fed Bonuses Modest Compared With Private Sector. The Federal Times (6/11, D'Ambrosio).
Impact: Federal employee compensation