Posted on 02/15/2015 5:36:31 PM PST by Nachum
Documents obtained by the Washington Free Beacon cast doubt on claims made Sunday by the secretary for veterans affairs that 60 people who manipulated wait time data have been fired by the agency over the last half-year.
Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald said on Sunday that the agency is improving and working toward holding officials accountable, firing 900 employees in the past six months.
“We’re making fundamental changes in the department. In terms of leadership, we’ve held accountable about 900 employees who are no longer with us, that were with us before,” McDonald said on NBC’s Meet the Press.
“900 people have been fired, since I became secretary. We’ve got 60 people that we fired who have manipulated wait times. We’ve got about 100 senior leaders who are under investigation now … so we’re holding people accountable.”
The appearance was McDonald’s first on a Sunday program since taking over the embattled agency in July 2014. McDonald replaced former-Secretary Eric Shinseki, who resigned after it was revealed that 40 veterans died while waiting to receive care at the Phoenix VA facility.
However, new documents obtained and viewed by the Washington Free Beacon raise questions about the information McDonald provided to NBC, specifically the claim that 60 employees were fired because they manipulated wait times.
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Being a "combative asshole and liar" must be part of the job description
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Some VA employees manipulated wait time data to obtain bonuses. I would think that would be criminal fraud. So why has there been no investigation or indictments by the U.S. District Attornies?
You gotta love the VA Inspector General office.
“We’ll look into your complaint if we feel like it.”
No one ever seems to really get fired from this administration. They just change agencies or retire.
If you seriously have to ask that question...
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