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VA whistleblower who testified in Congress stripped of job duties in Atlanta
Washington Examiner ^ | June 19, 2017 | Pete Kasperowicz

Posted on 06/20/2017 4:09:51 AM PDT by huldah1776

The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday stripped away a key job responsibility from a whistleblower who has received national attention for his efforts to point out flaws within the troubled VA system, leading the whistleblower to predict he would soon be fired.

Scott Davis is a public affairs officer for Member Services in Atlanta who has appeared on national television and testified several times in Congress.

In prior years, his job gave him a role communicating with veterans, and dealing with website content and project management. However, Davis said he has not been given projects involving contact with veterans for about a year now.

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Davis was one of several whistleblowers who told the Washington Examiner in May that retaliation against employees who point out the VA's flaws is getting worse. Davis said then that he was reprimanded for not taking orders about website content from an official who was not his direct superior, and predicted that he would be fired soon.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: intimidation; veteransaffairs; whistleblower
Grrr. I thought union protected workers could voice complaints? So much for that, eh?
1 posted on 06/20/2017 4:09:52 AM PDT by huldah1776
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To: huldah1776

It appears that being a whistleblower against the VA is like being a whistleblower against the Mafia.


2 posted on 06/20/2017 4:19:52 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: huldah1776
Snitches gets stitches
3 posted on 06/20/2017 4:28:00 AM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (Why is it no one ever discusses the rabid Amerophobia which infects Islam and its adherents?)
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To: huldah1776

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/27/politics/trump-veterans-affairs-whistleblower/index.html


4 posted on 06/20/2017 4:28:39 AM PDT by kanawa (Trump Loves a Great Deal)
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To: huldah1776

Nope just federal statutes. The union? Ever wondered why Scalia was murdered right before hearing a Supreme case regarding unions?


5 posted on 06/20/2017 4:29:37 AM PDT by momincombatboots (White Stetsons up.. let's save our country!)
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To: momincombatboots

What is your evidence a) of a murder and b) that it had to do with unions?

I agree the circumstances were extremely suspicious


6 posted on 06/20/2017 4:44:00 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: huldah1776

Trump.....fire all bosses above him at that facility unless they can pinpoint where the order came from


7 posted on 06/20/2017 4:46:39 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: huldah1776

As a retired VA employee can say that the current VA management is filled with some of the most ignorant and vile individuals you could possibly imagine. No sour grapes speaking, just the truth.


8 posted on 06/20/2017 5:00:49 AM PDT by TonyM
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To: huldah1776

How is Trump’s new head of the VA any different than Obama’s old head of the VA? The president should not have appointed an Obama hold-over for this job. If he allows this to continue, it will be very costly in next year’s elections.


9 posted on 06/20/2017 5:08:37 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: TonyM

But Trump is ultimately in charge now. I don’t understand why Donny Two Scoops can’t just demand of his VA Secretary to reverse this and clean it up. And bring him a few scalps along the way.


10 posted on 06/20/2017 5:10:04 AM PDT by Stand W (My Name is Tucker Carlson and I am going to destroy you.)
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To: Stand W

Have you joined the hateful left by calling our President names now?

I don’t like it.


11 posted on 06/20/2017 5:28:17 AM PDT by dforest
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To: dforest; Stand W

Neither do I.


12 posted on 06/20/2017 5:31:40 AM PDT by madison10
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Nor do I like it..

If StandW feels like name calling for the POTUS, he is at the wrong web site..

There are many posters here that are insulting...they all need to move over to the DU...see how long they last there..

13 posted on 06/20/2017 5:37:30 AM PDT by haircutter
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To: TonyM

It would be soooo worth it to get the right people in there. It HAS to start at the TOP!


14 posted on 06/20/2017 5:51:42 AM PDT by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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To: haircutter

There are more than a few #nevertrumpers around here who would have been much happier with Hillary. They could then pretend they were the purest of the purest.

They delight in insulting the President and Trump supporters.


15 posted on 06/20/2017 6:00:56 AM PDT by dforest
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To: huldah1776

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3562447/posts

Related.
Whistleblowers are targeted no matter what supposed protections they are told they have.


16 posted on 06/20/2017 6:14:27 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Stand W; dforest; haircutter

Yeah, calling President Trump names on this site is kind of stupid.

We can get that other $4l77y stuff just by watching MSM. Don’t need that here.


17 posted on 06/20/2017 6:17:16 AM PDT by mywholebodyisaweapon (Thank God for President Trump)
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To: yldstrk

If dark Vader gins burg died like that, right before a proliferation victory vote.. what would have been the narrative?


18 posted on 06/20/2017 10:06:16 AM PDT by momincombatboots (White Stetsons up.. let's save our country!)
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To: momincombatboots

I agree it looks fishy, but do you have any evidence


19 posted on 06/20/2017 1:58:26 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: yldstrk

I don’t have any personal evidence that George Washington actually existed either. So you can take your union excrement and eat it.


20 posted on 06/20/2017 5:46:01 PM PDT by momincombatboots (White Stetsons up.. let's save our country!)
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