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Wednesday, March 02, 2016

VA IG Stalling on Wait Time Scandal

It’s time to replace the inspector general at the Department of Veterans Affairs. It’s been two years and the office has not released its full investigation into the 2014 wait-time scandal in which veterans were placed on secret waiting lists — and some of them died waiting.

After it came out that the Phoenix VA had manipulated its scheduling, the VA’s Office of Inspector General launched an investigation into 73 other VA locations. With months left in the Obama administration, it seems like the IG is running out the clock, delaying the release of the report to Congress in order to protect the agency from punishment.

Rep. John Carney told USA Today, “I’m outraged that we still haven’t received the inspector general’s report.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Obviously, they are so overworked with investigations they can't get anything done! I read earlier that the State Department won't be able to get to Killary's emails until after November - imagine that!