Demotions for 2 high-ranking Veterans Affairs officials on hold after paperwork mix-up
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Veterans Affairs is rescinding the demotions of two high-ranking officials, but will reissue them after a paperwork mix-up in the case is resolved.
Diana Rubens and Kimberly Graves were demoted last month from senior executives — the highest rank for career employees — to general workers within the Veterans Benefits Administration. Rubens was director of the Philadelphia regional office while Graves lead a regional office in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Rubens and Graves are accused of forcing lower-ranking regional managers to accept job transfers against their will. Rubens and Graves then stepped into the lower, vacant positions while keeping their higher salaries.
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VA Oversight Director Ryan Hedgepeth said Thursday that one of five binders of evidence supporting the demotions had not been given to the employees who are appealing the demotions.