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Sexual Harassment: VA Needs to Better Protect Employees

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date July 22, 2020
Release Date July 22, 2020
Report No. GAO-20-654T
Summary:

We testified about our recent report on sexual harassment at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

VA has policies to prevent and address harassment, but some are inconsistent and incomplete. For example, the person who oversees personnel functions (e.g., hiring, promotions) is the same person who oversees the complaint process. This can create a conflict of interest.

In addition, VA doesn't centrally collect information on all complaints—making it harder to direct its resources for preventing and addressing sexual harassment where they're needed most.

Our report made 7 recommendations to address these and other issues we found.

 

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