Green Energy
We all know the VA and it’s performance.
HERE is the story of 2 VERY high ranking officials demoted for ~corruption.
And now, the climax and its justification.
Can you imagine the ‘niche’ of lawyers fed by this. Imagine the lobbying which goes on as this Jabba gets heavier and heavier.
All for a gestalt in which no decision made by executives (in an inefficient, ~corrupt organization) can withstand the Merit Systems Protection Board and whatever arcane ideas and precedents they have.
It’s almost ENOUGH to make you just throw up your hands, put it on cruise, come in no earlier than 9, go home at 4-5, think nothing about your work until the next day, and let the entire EDIFICE of the USA crumble.
And just start over.
- Immigration Reform: Who Will Secure The Border?
(hat tip to Randy's Roundtable): Pertinent quotation from the video: ...“The question of border security is now tangled up with the IRS and the Justice Department and the general, pervasive distrust of the executive branch,” he explained. “Because...
- The Government You Voted For
White House.gov: Presidential Memorandum -- National Insider Threat Policy and Minimum Standards for Executive Branch Insider Threat Programs MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES SUBJECT: National Insider Threat Policy and Minimum...
- Pounding My Head Against The Wall
Fox: U.N. Hypocrisy On Full Display By Anne Bayefsky Published March 04, 2011 Today, Iran officially becomes a member of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women. Only three days ago, the U.N. General Assembly voted to suspend Libya’s membership on...
- Executive Order Power Grab
My post yesterday at THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS.... In the name of environmentalism, Obama yesterday exerted federal control over America's Gulf of Mexico Region (from examiner.com Los Angeles):...The Federal Government sat on the sidelines for more than...
- Byrd: Obama In Power Grab
This is getting good. . . from Politico h/t Dr Bulldog Byrd: Obama in power grab JOHN BRESNAHAN 2/25/09 11:24 AM EST Byrd is a stern constitutional scholar who has always stood up for the legislative branch in its role in checking the power of the White...
Green Energy
A criterion for immense size and lost control in the executive branch
We all know the VA and it’s performance.
HERE is the story of 2 VERY high ranking officials demoted for ~corruption.
And now, the climax and its justification.
Judge Reverses Former VA Senior Executive’s Demotion
The Merit Systems Protection Board has overturned the Veterans Affairs Department’s decision to demote Kimberly Graves, a former senior executive accused of using her position for personal gain.Merit Systems Protection Board?????
The reversal means that Graves, the former director of the Veterans Benefits Administration’s St. Paul, Minn., regional office, will be reinstated to the Senior Executive Service.
The Merit Systems Protection Board is an independent, quasi-judicial agency in the Executive branch that serves as the guardian of Federal merit systems. The Board was established by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978, which was codified by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (CSRA), Public Law No. 95-454. The CSRA, which became effective January 11, 1979, replaced the Civil Service Commission with three new independent agencies: Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which manages the Federal work force; Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), which oversees Federal labor-management relations; and, the Board.So the executive branch has an internal, independent ‘judicial’ system with ITS own hierarchy, secretaries, etc to decide if the entire executive branch’s self authorizing, ever growing tentacles, desks, buildings, unions, has demoted, transferred, fired, or taken any other action which might be unfair.
Can you imagine the ‘niche’ of lawyers fed by this. Imagine the lobbying which goes on as this Jabba gets heavier and heavier.
All for a gestalt in which no decision made by executives (in an inefficient, ~corrupt organization) can withstand the Merit Systems Protection Board and whatever arcane ideas and precedents they have.
It’s almost ENOUGH to make you just throw up your hands, put it on cruise, come in no earlier than 9, go home at 4-5, think nothing about your work until the next day, and let the entire EDIFICE of the USA crumble.
And just start over.
- Immigration Reform: Who Will Secure The Border?
(hat tip to Randy's Roundtable): Pertinent quotation from the video: ...“The question of border security is now tangled up with the IRS and the Justice Department and the general, pervasive distrust of the executive branch,” he explained. “Because...
- The Government You Voted For
White House.gov: Presidential Memorandum -- National Insider Threat Policy and Minimum Standards for Executive Branch Insider Threat Programs MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES SUBJECT: National Insider Threat Policy and Minimum...
- Pounding My Head Against The Wall
Fox: U.N. Hypocrisy On Full Display By Anne Bayefsky Published March 04, 2011 Today, Iran officially becomes a member of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women. Only three days ago, the U.N. General Assembly voted to suspend Libya’s membership on...
- Executive Order Power Grab
My post yesterday at THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS.... In the name of environmentalism, Obama yesterday exerted federal control over America's Gulf of Mexico Region (from examiner.com Los Angeles):...The Federal Government sat on the sidelines for more than...
- Byrd: Obama In Power Grab
This is getting good. . . from Politico h/t Dr Bulldog Byrd: Obama in power grab JOHN BRESNAHAN 2/25/09 11:24 AM EST Byrd is a stern constitutional scholar who has always stood up for the legislative branch in its role in checking the power of the White...