Administrative Investigation, Prohibited Personnel Practice and Misuse of VA Time and Resources, Veterans Health Administration, Chief Business Office Purchased Care, Denver, CO

The Former (retired) Deputy Chief Business Officer (DCBO) for Purchased Care (PC), engaged in a prohibited personnel practice when she gave preference in hiring to a former VA coworker and VA contractor employee. To reach her favored candidate, created a program manager position, defined the scope and manner of competition through misuse of a non-competitive reinstatement authority for Federal employees and defined the requirements of the position by writing the position description (PD) while she possessed the favored candidate’s resume. In addition, an Office of Compliance and Business Integrity (CBI) employee misused official time and resources, improperly exchanged information with two subordinates, who did the same, when they engaged in investigative research on their supervisors outside the scope of their official duties, because the employee was not selected for a promotion to the Director of Program Oversight and Informatics position.