$75,000 Payroll Error One of D.C.'S Largest ; Waiver Denied After Bobb's Ok

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Two weeks before Robert C. Bobb resigned as D.C. city administrator to run for the school board last year, an unusual request came across his desk: a Cabinet-level appointee was overpaid $75,000 by accident, and now she wanted to keep the money.

Under a little-known D.C. rule, employees who get extra money in their paychecks through a payroll error can petition the government to keep the money. The District can waive collection if it "would be against equity, against good conscience and not in the best interests of the District government."

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$75,000 Payroll Error One of D.C.'S Largest ; Waiver Denied After Bobb's Ok

According to records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the $75,000 paid in error from January to August last year to E. Veronica Pa...

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