We all know the VA and it’s performance.
HERE is the story of 2 VERY high ranking officials demoted for ~corruption.
And now, the climax and its justification.
Judge Reverses Former VA Senior Executive’s Demotion
The
Merit Systems Protection Board has overturned the Veterans Affairs
Department’s decision to demote Kimberly Graves, a former senior
executive accused of using her position for personal gain.
The
reversal means that Graves, the former director of the Veterans Benefits
Administration’s St. Paul, Minn., regional office, will be reinstated
to the Senior Executive Service.
Merit Systems Protection Board?????
The
Merit Systems Protection Board is an independent, quasi-judicial agency
in the Executive branch that serves as the guardian of Federal merit
systems. The Board was established by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978,
which was codified by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (CSRA),
Public Law No. 95-454. The CSRA, which became effective January 11,
1979, replaced the Civil Service Commission with three new independent
agencies: Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which manages the
Federal work force; Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), which
oversees Federal labor-management relations; and, the Board.
So
the executive branch has an internal, independent ‘judicial’ system
with ITS own hierarchy, secretaries, etc to decide if the entire
executive branch’s self authorizing, ever growing tentacles, desks,
buildings, unions, has demoted, transferred, fired, or taken any other
action which might be unfair.
Can you imagine the ‘niche’ of lawyers fed by this. Imagine the lobbying which goes on as this Jabba gets heavier and heavier.
All
for a gestalt in which no decision made by executives (in an
inefficient, ~corrupt organization) can withstand the Merit Systems
Protection Board and whatever arcane ideas and precedents they have.
It’s
almost ENOUGH to make you just throw up your hands, put it on cruise,
come in no earlier than 9, go home at 4-5, think nothing about your work
until the next day, and let the entire EDIFICE of the USA crumble.
And just start over.