Veterans Affairs Can’t Use Streamlined Process to Fire Bad Employees
A legal challenge has stopped the practice, officials said.
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A legal challenge has stopped the practice, officials said.
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The Concerned Veterans for America group called for VA Secretary Robert McDonald’s immediate resignation after his remarks comparing waiting times for veterans to waiting in line for a ride at Disney theme parks.
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He later clarified his comparison of Veterans Affairs wait times to waiting in line for Disney rides, but this doesn’t look good for him:
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Why has it taken this long to get this done, especially after the Veterans Affairs waiting list scandal?! Photo by Texas Military Department
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From Fox News: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has been systematically shredding documents related to veterans’ claims — possibly affecting benefits for veterans, according to an investigation by the inspector general. Investigators with the Department of Veterans Affairs audited 10 veterans benefits offices around the country and found that staff were destroying mail related to […]
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Huh? This official was being serious about that statement?!
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The Free Beacon with more: The Department of Veterans Affairs network of health systems faces “crises in leadership and culture” in addition to other systematic problems, according to an independent assessment released Friday. The flaws rampant in VA hospitals demand a “system-wide reworking” of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).
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As Fox News reported: “The senior official for procurement at the Department of Veterans Affairs has accused his own agency of violating federal contracting rules to the tune of at least $6 billion per year, according to a published report.” “The Washington Post reported Thursday it had obtained a 35-page memo sent this past March […]
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The employee also spent the stolen money on prostitutes. Your government money at work, ladies and gentlemen!
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As the Washington Free Beacon reported: “A Veterans Affairs hospital in West Virginia switched out patients’ prescribed medications with older drugs to cut costs, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) announced in a letter to Congress and the White House Wednesday.” “The Beckley, West Virginia, Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) substituted prescribed antipsychotic medications […]
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5/25/2016 - VA Secretary, on TV, Refused to Apologize for Wait Lines-Disney Ride Remarks
4/29/2016 - McCain Introduces Bill to Allow Veterans to Get Health Care Anywhere
4/19/2016 - VA Accused of Shredding Documents Needed for Claims
12/10/2015 - Veterans Affairs Official: We Don’t Need to Fire People to Instill Accountability in the VA
9/21/2015 - The VA Scandal Exacerbated by a Leadership Crisis
5/14/2015 - Veterans Affairs Wastes $6 Billion a Year, says Top Official
5/6/2015 - VA Employee Stole $150,000 and Spent it on Strippers
4/23/2015 - Not Good: VA Hospital Switched Meds for Older Drugs to Cut Costs
4/19/2015 - More VA Scandals Emerge in Report
4/11/2015 - VA Settles 3 More Whistleblower Retaliation Cases
4/8/2015 - Arkansas Veterans Affairs Hospital Tears Down $8 Million Solar Panels
3/26/2015 - Veterans Affairs Construction Chief Retires after $1 Billion Disaster
2/27/2015 - Veterans Group proposes Overhaul of Veterans Healthcare
2/24/2015 - New VA Secretary Admits He Lied about Special Forces Stint
2/16/2015 - Dept. of Veterans Affairs fired only 11 of 60 Employees who Manipulated Wait Times
1/31/2015 - More VA Delays that Don’t Help our Veterans
8/11/2014 - Obama signs Veterans Affairs Reform Bill into Law after Arriving Late (Again)
6/10/2014 - Thousands of Veterans Waiting for Health Care