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Roger Hopkins
Monica Lewis
Mark Peterson
Brittany Wray
Jessica Yarington
Liberty University
BMAL 504 – Leading Organizational Change
Dr. Mark Ellis
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Definition of Project:
With the passing of the Increasing VA Accountability to Veterans Act of 2015, this project
will address how to implement the changes required and provide the excellent care to our
Nations Veterans. While identifying deficiencies not identified by the bill and streamlining the
Department of Veterans Affairs. This project will directly address how to implement the
following changes.
Increase accountability by allowing the VA secretary to reduce an SES employee’s
retirement pension upon conviction of a crime that influenced their work performance by
reducing the years of service creditable to the employee’s pension
Reduce waste by limiting the amount of time VA senior executives could spend on paid
administrative leave to 14 days unless the secretary can show good cause for an extension
Help end VA’s sordid bonus culture by reforming VA’s SES performance appraisal system
so only 30 percent of senior executives could receive top performance ratings and qualify for
bonuses
Require additional transparency regarding SES performance outcomes and require that all
SES employees change jobs within the department at least once every five years
Diagnosis of current situation:
Recent occurrences at Veterans’ Hospitals and Community Based Outpatient Clinics have
resulted in deaths of veterans before they were seen for treatment at these facilities.
Phoenix, Arizona VA Hospital Director Sharon Helman and two other were placed on
administrative leave a day after it was revealed that they deceived the public by denying
during a news interview that a secret list existed that contained the names of more than
1400 veterans that never received treatment. 40 of those veterans died before receiving
treatment.
U. S. Secretary of Veterans’ Affairs, Erik Shinseki was later removed from his post and an
interim Secretary of Veterans’ Affairs was appointed.
More recently, the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Veterans’ Health Administration has
begun outsourcing medical care to private practitioners to alleviate backlogs and ensure
that every eligible veteran receives the health care they are entitled to.
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