Post by Logan on Feb 3, 2016 2:42:44 GMT -6
One day after a judge reinstated the demoted director of Philadelphia's Veterans Affairs benefits office, a ranking VA official said he would impose a new punishment on Diana Rubens.
Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson noted that in the ruling Monday, the judge for the Merit Systems Protection Board agreed with VA officials that Rubens had shown poor judgment two years ago by taking a role in the transfer of the former Philadelphia director, then seeking his job.
Judge William Boulden, however, said the law prevented him from imposing a less severe penalty. So Gibson said he would.
He said he would do the same for Kimberly Graves, a St. Paul, Minn., VA official who won reinstatement last week after a parallel appeal.
Read more: www.philly.com/philly/news/20160203_VA_weighs_new_punishment_for_Phila__director.html
Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson noted that in the ruling Monday, the judge for the Merit Systems Protection Board agreed with VA officials that Rubens had shown poor judgment two years ago by taking a role in the transfer of the former Philadelphia director, then seeking his job.
Judge William Boulden, however, said the law prevented him from imposing a less severe penalty. So Gibson said he would.
He said he would do the same for Kimberly Graves, a St. Paul, Minn., VA official who won reinstatement last week after a parallel appeal.
Read more: www.philly.com/philly/news/20160203_VA_weighs_new_punishment_for_Phila__director.html