The panel also approved: HR-6531, to increase training of VA executives and supervisors on performance management. Image: Bruce VanLoon/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffA House Veterans Affairs subcommittee has approved a bill (HR-7734) to require the VA to make a permanent note of any investigation and its findings in the record of VA employees who resign, retire or transfer ahead of that investigation being completed.
“VA staff must not be allowed to hide behind settlement agreements and other bureaucratic loopholes to avoid scrutiny and evade accountability for misconduct,” sponsor Rep. C. Scott Franklin, D-Fla., had said on introducing the bill recently said. “Striking deals to “save time” sweeps potential wrongdoing under the rug and can prevent a full account of the facts.”
Under the bill, affected former employees would have the right to challenge the inclusion of that information at the MSPB, which could require that it be removed on a showing that an adverse finding against the employee was unfounded.
The panel also approved: HR-6531, to increase training of VA executives and supervisors on performance management, prohibited personnel practices and employee rights; HR-6538, to clarify eligibility for certain special pay authorities at the VA; and HR-7713, to require the department to set performance plans for its political appointees.
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