Purchase Card Misuse--Another Perspective

OhMyGov! has a different view of the news reports cited yesterday:

Headlines like this weekend's create and encourage an undeserved distrust in government: a tasteless but successful attempt to tar the majority of employees with a brush that should be reserved for only a few.  We don't question that waste exists and must be eliminated.  Instead, we encourage a more deliberate investigative reporting process to help the public recognize the true source of the waste.  After all, it's important we recognize the success in government, not just the failures.  Headlines that infer a greater proportion of egregious behavior tarnish the image of the over 240,000 dedicated federal employees of the Veterans Health Administration who are responsible for running the nation's largest integrated care system for over 5 million veterans worldwide.  And that just isn't fair.

Thanks to Fedblog for the pointer.