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Richard Griffin, acting VA inspector general, said his office followed standard procedures in making revisions to reflect agency concerns prior to publication of its report on falsified patient waiting lists in Phoenix Aug. 26. (AP/Lauren Victoria Burke)
Politics

Veterans Affairs IG admits line clearing agency in deaths added after draft sent to department execs

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A Department of Veterans Affairs employee who remodeled her home using taxpayer dollars was sentenced to four years of probation after pleading guilty to one count of theft in federal court. (AP/Charles Dharapak)
Healthcare

IG let Veterans Affairs officials alter report to absolve agency in Phoenix deaths

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Richard Griffin, acting inspector general at the veterans' agency, is refusing to turn over the draft of the VA report. (Getty images/Chip Somodevilla)

Veterans Affairs IG stonewalls Congress on report over fake appointment lists

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The Global Combat Support System-Army, a logistical support system meant to track supplies, spare parts and other equipment, was launched in 1997. (iStock)
National Security

Army can’t track spending on $4.3b system to track spending, IG finds

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Foot-dragging by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has stalled a nonprofit group's investigation into whether millions of dollars spent to refurbish a Boston public housing development have fixed more than a decade of maintenance issues and health hazards.

HUD stalling conceals health, safety complaints in public housing

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Ram Hingorani faces up to two years in prison and forfeiture of all profits when he is sentenced. (iStock)

Contractor pleads guilty in $23.5 million ‘rent-a-vet’ scheme

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Veterans Affairs IG finds no direct links between patient deaths and scheduling scams at Phoenix hospital

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Healthcare

Veterans’ advocate says VA tries to ‘whitewash’ Phoenix deaths

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Lucas Davis, who spend six years in the Army National Guard during the Vietnam era, found out in November that doctors could have seen warning signs of his leukemia six years before he was diagnosed. (Photo by Mark Black)
Healthcare

Missed leukemia diagnosis by Veterans Affairs leaves vet who put his trust in doctors living ‘day to day’

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As a physician’s assistant at a VA hospital in Tennessee, Valerie Hoermann saw one of her patients, a friend and Vietnam veteran, die because of what she considered inadequate medical care. As a whistleblower, she endured retaliation after complaining about it to the agency’s inspector general. (Photo by Pat Casey Daley)
Healthcare

Treatment at a Veterans Affairs hospital nearly killed an agency whistleblower

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