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Jun 05 2013

Dr. Coburn Asks VA to Clarify Policy on Employees Paid to do Union Work While Veterans Face Backlog

In a letter to Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, Dr. Coburn and Sen. Portman ask the department to clarify its procedures, practices, and policies for employees who are paid taxpayer-funded government salaries to perform work not related to government duties.  In this practice, known as “official time”, government employees perform union duties instead of official government work, and in the VA’s case, these employees could hinder efforts to secure the well-being of our nation’s veterans. 

 

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