This is from the original article that exposed the wasteful and undeserved bonuses:

Alan Metzler, the TSA’s chief of staff, said Hoggan received $50,000 in one-time achievement awards over a roughly six-month period, from fall 2013 to April 2014. ...

Metzler added that the agency recently had updated its decade-old policy on annual cash awards, issuing a new directive last month that caps them at $10,000 in a calendar year...