Auditor criticizes ‘waste of money’

Nebraska State Auditor Mike Foley raised concerns over the Nebraska Public Employees Retirement System reportedly paying its departing executive director over $23,000 in salary and benefits for roughly five weeks of unperformed work.

In a Tuesday press release, Foley criticized the retirement board’s response to executive director Thomas Pfeifle’s resignation. Pfeifle submitted his resignation letter on Sept. 21, as Foley put it, “walking off the job and ceasing all further interactions with the agency that day — presumably returning to his home state of Colorado.”