More Problems-Philadelphia Ro

[Berta]

http://www.disabledveterans.org/2015/04/20/philadelphia-va-manager-removed-fired/

The link to the Stars and Stripes article in there at Ben's site

[Notorious Kelly]

You'd need a squadron of heavy equipment to dig to the bottom of the VA debacle.

Where's Bob?

I hope The Evil Ones haven't used his minor faux pas to sideline him; Bob, Allison and their staff have brought more good news than we've heard in a long time so I hope he doesn't let them squash his efforts.

But I do believe the VA empire and its tentacles are way too far-reaching for one man to 'fix.'

Wonder if we'll ever know what's going on in that place and why.

[Buck52]

They placed the rotten apple in another basket is all they did.

he should have been fired and convicted! on behalf of all the veterans that were did wrong.

jmo

...................Buck

[broncovet]

Yep. SSDD. Here is one that happened in 2008-2009

OUT OF HARM'S WAY: VBA PROMOTION SENDS WRONG MESSAGE -- In the wake of the shredder scandal, manager of the Cleveland Vets' Service Center gets promoted to VA's Central Office.


by Larry Scott



In October of this year, we reported about documents critical to veterans' claims found in shredder bins at the Detroit Regional Office (VARO) of the Veterans' Benefits Administration (VBA), the benefits arm of the Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA).


Later we learned the problem was much more widespread as shredding was stopped at the VAROs and managers searched for critical documents.



41 of 57 VAROs found critical documents in shredder bins. The three worst offenders were Columbia, SC (105 documents), St. Louis, MO (96 documents), and Cleveland, OH (58 documents).

The VA's Officer of Inspector General (VAOIG) continues to investigate.

But, before any official investigation has been released, the VA has begun to get those in charge out of harm's way.

Christine Alford, the Manager of the Veterans' Service Center at the Cleveland VARO is being promoted to a position at the VA's Central Office (VACO).

This might seem like a strange time for a promotion. And, it is. Why wouldn't the VA wait for the outcome of the VAOIG report on the problems at Cleveland before issuing a promotion? Unless, they already know the outcome and are sheltering Ms. Alford.

Ms. Alford will be the new Assistant Director of Veterans Services in the C&P Division at VACO. Nice move!

The memo is below... click it for a larger view...



This sends a bad message to all veterans.

It is suggestive of the "Peter Principle," simply put, "Screw Up, Move Up."

At the very least, VA should have waited for the VAOIG report on shredder bin documents and any hearings that might be held by Congress before giving a promotion to a manager at the center of some very serious problems.

But, we have come to expect nothing less from the VA.