Employee Accountability

VA Whistleblowers Tell Congress Retaliation Is Still Rampant

One VA employee received a proposed firing notice just one day prior to testifying.

  • Eric Katz

Years Ago, the Border Patrol’s Discipline System Was Denounced as 'Broken.' It’s Still Not Fixed.

An expert panel’s pleas for swifter, more consistent, more transparent punishment of rogue agents languish.

  • A.C. Thompson, ProPublica

Homeland Security Employees Aren’t Disciplined Consistently for Misconduct

Lengthy survey by watchdog faults vague definitions, poor record-keeping for the lack of standard consequences across agencies within the department.

  • Charles S. Clark

VA Faces Multi-Faceted Challenges to Its Attempts at Firing and Accountability Reform

The department can no longer publicly post its disciplinary data.

  • Eric Katz

Trump’s VA Firing Spree Falters in Court

Rather than defend a law that the president loves, the VA will reinstate a hospital director whom it twice tried to fire.

  • Isaac Arnsdorf, ProPublica

Agencies Could Weed Out Poor Managers Early, But They Rarely Do

Just seven out of every 1,000 new supervisors failed the probationary period, MSPB found.

  • Katherine McIntire Peters

IRS Doesn't Fire Its Tax-Delinquent Employees as the Law Requires

Agency managers follow through on the requirement in only 7% of cases.

  • Eric Katz