Tag: Inspector General
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Delayed surgeries. A mass staff exodus. A culture of fear. New IG reports outline issues at Colorado VA hospital
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Aurora stopped all cardiac surgeries for 11 months amid an exodus of clinical staff and leadership problems that created a culture of fear. That is according to two VA Office of Inspector General reports released last week. The…
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Aerospace companies urge Colorado senators to fight to keep Space Command
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than a dozen aerospace companies throughout the state rallied together to say Colorado should be the permanent home for U.S. Space Command. The Gazette has learned 13 aerospace companies and accelerators sent a collective letter to Colorado’s two Democratic U.S. senators, Michael Bennet and…
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Space Command general tells lawmakers Alabama lacks communications capabilities he needs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save U.S. Space Command’s top general admitted to a congressional committee that an expensive secure communications network to connect the headquarters to the Pentagon and other installations would have to be built if it moves from Colorado to Huntsville, Ala. While backing the planned move, Space…
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Colorado Springs mayor, others urge Pentagon to reverse Space Command decision
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Local leaders including Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers inked a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, urging him to keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs, overturning a January Trump administration decision to uproot it and send its 1,400 troops to Alabama. Decrying the Alabama…
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Lamborn calls for probe of Space Command move
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Alleging improprieties on a Trump administration decision to strip U.S. Space Command away from Colorado Springs and move its troops to Alabama, U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn on Tuesday asked the Government Accountability Office to open an investigation. Lamborn, of Colorado Springs, cited political pressure exerted…