. . . for the Department of Veterans Affairs.<\/p>\n
By now, we all have heard about the problems at the VA with respect to \u201csecret waiting lists\u201d<\/a><\/em> and retaliation against whistleblowers<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0 And we all know that the VA\u2019s OIG has \u201cthoroughly\u201d investigated the problem<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n These problems were so bad and so widespread that they claimed one VA Secretary \u2013 Shinseki.\u00a0 They’ve also been an albatross around his successor\u2019s neck.<\/p>\n Well, it appears that the US Office of Special Counsel has also looked into the matters of secret waiting lists and whistleblower retaliation \u2013 and at how well the VA is doing at finding the underlying problems and \u201ccleaning up it\u2019s act.\u201d\u00a0 The OSC is an investigative agency outside of the VA, and it reports to the POTUS.<\/p>\n What did it find?\u00a0 Well, let\u2019s just cut to the chase:<\/p>\n \u201cThe OIG investigations that the VA submitted in response to both referrals are incomplete.\u00a0 They do not respond to the issues that the whistleblowers raised,\u201d Lerner wrote to President Obama.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Fox News has an article today with more details<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0 The OSC letter and report can be found here<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n Yeah, I think the VA Secretary has \u201csome \u2018splainin\u2019 to do.\u201d\u00a0 Yet again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"