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Where does VA come up with this?
asphalt cowboy
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"I was outraged to find out that the VA would require a whistleblower -- who might be testifying about his or her boss - to get permission from the boss to testify before Congress - and then must use their own personal vacation time to do so."
http://huelskamp.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/huelskamp-time-to-reward-not-punish-va-whistleblowers
That kind of crap is right down there with retaliatory dismissal, IMO.
http://huelskamp.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/huelskamp-time-to-reward-not-punish-va-whistleblowers
That kind of crap is right down there with retaliatory dismissal, IMO.
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Then they might actually have to do something while in session.[:(]
What pisses me off in government especially is how rare it is for any chief executive, be it a Governor or a President, to ever take decisive action to put this sort of behavior to an end. Firings and revoking of security clearances would nip it in the bud in a serious manner.
Especially that last item, revoking security clearances. Write an executive order banning some scuzball from holding one ever again and you wipe out a huge number of opportunities for the low life to slime his or her way back onto a government payroll.
Even if our leaders would think of such a thing, none would ever do it. Just haven't the balls to show that kind of strength and integrity.
It just plain stinks like rotten eggs blown out the posterior end of a sickly skunk. Have seen these same practices too in corporations. Rules designed to "Enable & Protect" whistle-blowers being entirely bullsh_t. Plain as day they are designed to intimidate them and identify them to the potential wrong doers they would report on.
What pisses me off in government especially is how rare it is for any chief executive, be it a Governor or a President, to ever take decisive action to put this sort of behavior to an end. Firings and revoking of security clearances would nip it in the bud in a serious manner.
Especially that last item, revoking security clearances. Write an executive order banning some scuzball from holding one ever again and you wipe out a huge number of opportunities for the low life to slime his or her way back onto a government payroll.
Even if our leaders would think of such a thing, none would ever do it. Just haven't the balls to show that kind of strength and integrity.
You are right, Chris. None of these dirtbags ever lose their job, and they know it.
Let the POTUS call in the offending dipsticks and ask who would like to be fired, lose their pension, and never work for any government again, and who would rather go in front of a firing squad.
Choices in life. The remaining government drones would quickly figure out that the worm has turned, and he is pissed.
The 'whistleblower' is an employee, therefore typically gets supervisory approval in advance for an absence - the easiest way is vacation time. If the employee actually uses the time for whistle blowing with a responsible official, it can be changed to duty time.
Most so-called 'whistleblowers' don't really have a valid issue to report; most are personal grievances, attempts to gain personal advantage, etc, and most are initiated through correspondence rather than in person. If, however, a senior official wants a personal interview with an employee, there will be no requirement for the employee to use vacation time.
The current regime is fortunate to have a complicit press to defend and cover up such malfeasance.
It will take years to repair the damage done by Obama and the democrats.