And the Hits Just Keep on Comin’ . . .
. . . for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
By now, we all have heard about the problems at the VA with respect to “secret waiting lists” and retaliation against whistleblowers. And we all know that the VA’s OIG has “thoroughly” investigated the problem.
These problems were so bad and so widespread that they claimed one VA Secretary – Shinseki. They’ve also been an albatross around his successor’s neck.
Well, it appears that the US Office of Special Counsel has also looked into the matters of secret waiting lists and whistleblower retaliation – and at how well the VA is doing at finding the underlying problems and “cleaning up it’s act.” The OSC is an investigative agency outside of the VA, and it reports to the POTUS.
What did it find? Well, let’s just cut to the chase:
“The OIG investigations that the VA submitted in response to both referrals are incomplete. They do not respond to the issues that the whistleblowers raised,” Lerner wrote to President Obama.
Fox News has an article today with more details. The OSC letter and report can be found here.
Yeah, I think the VA Secretary has “some ‘splainin’ to do.” Yet again.
Category: "The Floggings Will Continue Until Morale Improves", "Your Tax Dollars At Work", Veteran Health Care, Veterans' Affairs Department
VA=Voided Apathy
I’m shocked, I tell you.
See? Here’s my shocked face.
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What was that word? Oh! That’s right: STONEWALLING. Works every time.
what a mess…
Without the ability to outright dismiss bad employees, the VA secretary has his hands tied.
What they really need to do is clean house (at least on the admin side) and put in some people who actually care and know what they’re doing.
Exactly what Bubblehead said. The apathy is rampant. The game plan is often to ‘wrap myself in the union label’ and wait out the storm. I know from years of personal experience.
WASHINGTON — After the Veterans Affairs wait-time scandal erupted nearly two years ago, the department’s chief watchdog investigated 73 VA facilities across the country and found scheduling problems in 51 cases.
But that watchdog — the VA’s inspector general — still has not released reports with the findings of those investigations to Congress or the public.
As a result, it’s impossible to tell which medical centers had problems, how serious those problems were, or whether they led to the deaths of any veterans. The inspector general has said only that they range from simple rule violations to deliberate fraud.
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/02/24/va-inspector-general-wait-time-investigation-results/80632212/
And just think that unless 0bamacare gets thrown out like it should be, everyday civilian healthcare will become just as bad!
Obamacare-all the efficiency of the DMV and the compassion of the IRS. Whatever could go wrong?
Gosh if there was only someone who was doing some form of oversight of the DVA. Oh, guess the OIG was feeling the Bern.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/02/07/us/politics/faith-in-agency-clouded-bernie-sanderss-va-response.html?referer=&_r=0
Who inspects the inspectors ? Joe
Well, shit. I’m so stunned my whole weekend is now ruined. Thanks a lot.
And what of the “inter-agency cooperation” that gets us on the ATF Shit List? Anything gonna be done about that?