“Stories from employees at the Veterans Affairs Department and growing frustration over the agency’s reports to Congress are prompting a small group of senators to ask for oversight help in evaluating VA’s implementation of the Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act.”
“Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Ranking Member Jon Tester (D-Mont.), along with Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), have asked the VA inspector general to review the department’s implementation of the accountability act…”
“The senators in February also questioned whether VA managers still used progressive discipline or a table of penalties to address employee misconduct or poor performance after first or second offenses…” Read the full article here.
Source: Senators ask for IG review of VA’s implementation of accountability act – By Nicole Ogrysko, June 15, 2018. Federal News Radio.
