The Department of Veterans Affairs said Monday that it is not using an aggressive new law to pursue discipline against two senior officials for their role in a scandal involving enrollment in the VA's healthcare program.
Instead, the VA is using another part of the federal code that gives officials much more notice and more time to fight any discipline they might face. That decision could lead to a lighter punishment, and the VA admitted so far that the two officials so far have just received "reprimands."
VA Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson told some news outlets on Friday that the VA was considering discipline against seven VA workers in total, including two senior officials. Those workers are reportedly involved in a scandal involving the enrollment of about 300,000 deceased veterans, which led to fears that some of those veterans may have died while awaiting healthcare.
Congress passed legislation in 2014 allowing the VA to fire corrupt or negligent senior officials. That law also gives them a much shorter appeal process.
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3 comments:
That is the main problem with government employees - you can't fire them and they don't really do much from a productivity perspective.
They get in through reference and hiring by their cronies - not competence and capabilities.
The employees unions are already a great hindrance to productivity improvement.
They should be tried for manslaughter not let off with a smack on the wrist!
Those decision makers should be fired. File wrongful death law suits against the VA.
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