VA Congressional Investigative Hearing – open to public – Pemberton
Event Date
10/03/2014
Event Time11:00 am;
Location
Burlington County College’s Pemberton Campus
601 Pemberton-Browns Mills Rd
Pemberton, NJ
Philadelphia’s Veterans Affairs benefits office, which has been under national scrutiny for months, is scheduled to be the focus of a congressional investigative hearing in New Jersey on Oct. 3.
The hearing of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs is set to probe whether administrators at the Germantown office have corrected problems that came to light this summer when whistle-blowers alleged widespread mismanagement there, organizers said.
It will also delve into the facility’s “management and leadership, claims processing, and employee morale,” according to an invitation sent to the head of the VA and the agency’s inspector general by Rep. Jon Runyan (R., N.J.), chairman of the subcommittee on disability assistance and memorial affairs.
The benefits office – which processes claims for parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, and pensions for more than a dozen states – is being investigated by the VA Office of Inspector General on allegations that staff manipulated dates on claims to hide delays.
Kristen Ruell, a whistle-blower who has worked at the office for seven years and has previously testified before lawmakers, said she had been invited to speak. Representatives from the VA and Inspector General’s Office are also expected to attend, according to a staffer from the House committee.
The hearing is open to the public and scheduled for 11 a.m. at Burlington County College’s Pemberton Campus, 601 Pemberton-Browns Mills Rd., Pemberton Township.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20140920_Congressional_hearing_on_Philly_VA_is_set_for_Oct__3_in_Pemberton__N_J_.html#Dy5ozjWlIZ0SgLCm.99
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