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of veterans affairs accountability and whistleblower protection act of 2017 which formally codified and expanded oawp's functions. while the idea was great and merit, the va has failed to use the office properly. so in your testimony you allude to the fact that the most important variable for any federal agency or department is cultivating a culture of excellence and accountability for employees and supervisors. in your experience, how do you cultivate this? >> that is the million-dollar question, sir. that turns out to be a multibillion-dollar question unfortunately. >> you are absolutely right. it's clear that there is a lot of data on this but it's clear that how we select managers and leaders within agencies is probably the most neglected thing in the federal government. so finding good career civil service managers who do the hard work of not just not retaliating. that is the baseline. to also being good leaders and making the hard decisions like firing people when it needs to be done. it is not a skill that comes easily. i think that is where the culture starts. leadership at the top matters. that is what oversight has spoken up about with guard to the current deputy secretary