A recent scandal involving a million dollar party in Las Vegas at taxpayer expense prompted a closer look at the U.S. General Services Administration, and Senator Claire McCaskill on Monday reported some glaring irregularities.

The Missouri Democrat chairs the Senate Committee on Contracting Oversight and is the former State Auditor. In a release Monday, McCaskill said the GSA awarded more than $1 million in bonuses to employees who were under investigation by the Inspector General for wrongdoing and misconduct.

• Since 2008, GSA awarded approximately $1.1 million in bonuses to 84 individuals who were under investigation by the agency’s Inspector General for wrongdoing or misconduct. McCaskill noted that the overall number of employees who received bonuses while under investigation is likely to be far higher since information pertaining to current investigations, such as the inquiry into the Las Vegas conference, is not available.

• These 84 employees received an average of eight bonus awards each.

• The GSA has no policies to ensure that employees under investigation by the Inspector General do not receive bonuses.

• Specific examples of bonuses awarded by the GSA include a program operations officer “who was reassigned following an Inspector General investigation regarding abuse of authority [who] received an average award of $7,730 each year from 2008 through the present, for a total bonus award of $38,664” and a GS-14 level supervisor who “received more than $20,000 in bonuses… despite being reprimanded during this time period for interfering with an Inspector General investigation.”

In a new letter to the Office of Personnel Management McCaskill demanded detailed information on bonuses awarded over the past several years to employees at all federal agencies. McCaskill also asked the OPM about policies regarding taxpayer-funded bonus awards for federal employees and how those policies could be changed to prevent such awards going to individuals under investigation for wrongdoing.