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Department of Ve
teran
CY 2017 Accountab s Affairs
ility Report
Acco untability Actions take
n 1/20/2017 through
12/31/2017
86
488
Demotion
Suspension 14 Days
or Greater
Removals*
1484
Current as of Februa
ry 7, 2018
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Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, & the Marine Corps
League. The VA was still in the process of creation via the consolidation of
previous agencies and the GI Bill had just recently been signed into law
while he was in the
combat theatre. His
generation and the ones
prior laid the foundation
for the benefits and
services we have at our
feet today. Therefore the
veterans of today, myself
included, have an
obligation to continue to improve the services and programs of the VA
for the next generation. To collectively look in the mirror and do our part
to uphold, protect and defend the charge of the VA. To do so, we must
each work to identify sub-standard employees and assist in reporting
abuses or incompetence to our Patient Advocates, the Office of Inspector
General, and the newly established Office of Accountability and
Whistleblower Protection . If not us, then who will?
This should
continue to be a
call to action for all
of us that served
our nation, to look
in the mirror and
ask ourselves how
can I help make
the VA better. One
answer is that we each work to identify and hold the 10%(er's) that exist at
every level within the VA bureaucracy accountable when we are impacted
by them. Another is to remember that we are who they are being paid to
serve, they are working for us and we are both their customers and their
employers. We are the ones that need to identify and report these sub-
standard individuals who use their positions in both entry level and
senior management to stifle the intent and purpose of VA programs and
services. Or worse, to harass, intimidate and retaliate against those of us
that do speak out.
Join us at Operation
Vet Fit
Contact: dan@operationvetfit.org
About the Author: Daniel R. Gaita, MA, LMSW, the founder, of Operation Vet Fit, a non-profit 501C(3),
combat veterans advocacy agency recognized by the Department of Veterans Affairs Mental Health
Services for his ground breaking research on combat PTSD and veteran suicide.