Memphis VA Whistleblower Files Appeals Claim To Fight 3rd Attempt To Fire Him

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

dailycaller
Jonah Bennett
National Security/Politics Reporter
11:30 AM 07/11/2017

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http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/11/memphis-va-whistleblower-files-appeal-claim-to-fight-third-attempt-to-fire-him/

Memphis VA whistleblower Sean Higgins has filed an appeal with the Merit Systems Protection Board to fight the VA’s third attempt to fire him.

Higgins, a long-time whistleblower who works at the Memphis VA Medical Center, filed the appeal Monday, disputing allegations that he was hostile and engaged in disruptive behavior, according to a document obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation.

Included in the appeal package is a document sent to medical center director David K. Dunning from the National Association of Government Employees (NAGE), a labor union, which states Higgins officially denies all charges and believes the VA is retaliating against him.

[GrouchoTex]

Again, remind me why we want the Government to have anything to do with healthcare?

[Wingnut]

I'm not saying he should or shouldn't be fired and I'm not taking sides on this one.... but ....this is why you can't fire anyone in the VA .  WTF they get like  55 thousand appeals.

[corbe]

    Thank You President Trump for keeping this very valuable Campaign Promise.

Finally Accountability at the VA

By Dan Spencer  |  July 11, 2017, 12:54pm  |  @cayankee

The Department of Veterans Affairs has fired 526 employees, demoted another 27 employees and temporarily suspended an additional 194 for longer than two weeks, since President Donald J. Trump took office on January 20. That information is contained in the Adverse Actions accountability report posted on the agency’s website. The report doesn’t include the employees’ names, but shows their positions.

CBS reports that in an effort for more transparency and accountability within the VA, Secretary of Veterans Affairs David J. Shulkin announced that the list “accountability actions” will be posted  and updated online weekly.

President Trump signed his Executive Order “Improving Accountability and Whistleblower Protection at the Department of Veterans Affairs” in April. Then in June President Trump signed the “Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017.” Those two actions allowed Trump to claim he kept his campaign promise to reform veterans’ health care and other services.

The President pointed out that getting this Accountability Act passed was no small accomplishment. Referring to union opposition, Trump said “this was not an easy one”:

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We got it done. It’s a reform that I campaigned on, and now I am thrilled to be able to sign that promise into law.

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http://theresurgent.com/finally-accountability-at-the-va/