VA Defies Law Requiring Performance Data Be Made Public

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VA Defies Law Requiring Performance Data Be Made Public

 

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers September 13, 2016 at 10:00am

The “most transparent administration” evah?

 

Although we haven’t heard much about it recently, the VA scandal is very much alive and well. The National Review published an article about the wide-ranging problems with the VA in April of this year. Here’s a quick reminder, neatly encapsulated in NR’s review of VA-related stories:

 

The Veterans Affairs–scandal headlines speak for themselves. The Daily Beast: “Veteran Burned Himself Alive outside VA Clinic”; azfamily.com: “Dead veterans canceling their own appointments?”; New York Times: “Report Finds Sharp Increase in Veterans Denied V.A. Benefits,” “More than 125,000 U.S. veterans are being denied crucial mental health services,” and “Rubio, Miller ask committee to back VA accountability bills.”

 

Two years ago this week [April, 2016]— thanks to courageous whistleblowers in Phoenix and a fed-up House Veterans Affairs Committee chairman — the world was finally exposed to rampant VA dysfunction and corruption.