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HRD-80-106 1 (1980-08-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabawj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Human Resources Washington, DC 20548 Division B-199847 AUGUST 13.1980 The Honorable Alan Cranston Chairman, Committee on Veterans' Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Analysis of Veterans Administration Investigation of Allegations Involving the Palo Alto VA Medical Center (HRD-80-106) Your letter of January 21, 1980, asked that we monitor the Veterans Administration's (VA's) Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigation of allegations made concerning the Palo Alto VA Medical Center. There has been significant congressional concern about these allegations, which appeared in a series of articles in the Peninsula Times Tribune and in correspondence from several VA police officers. The major allegations at the Palo Alto Medical Center involve --significant increases in the rate of crime, --widespread illegal drug use, --inadequate support from local and Federal law enforce- ment agencies, --interference by medical center officials in criminal investigations, and --reprisals and threats against VA police officers making the allegations. In addition, other allegations concerning employee wrongdoing and questionable medical center activities were made during the DIG's onsite investigation which began in December 1979. (401897) 13/ 0/ 113009