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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Whistleblowers Criticize VA Inspector General's Oversight as 'Shoddy'

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Sep 22, 2015 | by Bryant Jordan

Veterans Affairs Department whistleblowers on Tuesday questioned the competence of the inspector general's office, whose work they characterized as "shoddy."

They also called on Congress to better fund the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, which is tasked with protecting federal employees from prohibited personnel practices.

Four witnesses -- three VA employees and one the brother of a VA psychologist who committed suicide after being fired for complaining of patient overmedication at a hospital -- told members of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee that the inspector general's office had shown itself to be incapable of revealing serious department problems… read more

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