GAO:
Employee misconduct at VA’s medical facilities can have serious consequences for veterans. We looked at how VA deals with employee misconduct and found several opportunities for improvement. For example:
VA doesn’t always maintain required files and documents for adjudication, suggesting that employees may not have received due process.
VA officials found guilty of misconduct sometimes received a lesser punishment than recommended or no punishment.
Whistleblowers were 10 times more likely than their peers to receive disciplinary action within a year of reporting misconduct.
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