I just published a new article asking a question that deserves a documented answer:
๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฐ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐จโ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐?
I am looking for veterans nationwide who, ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ 2020 ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ, had a FOIA request, Privacy Act request, records-amendment effort, or records-access dispute intersect with a ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ, ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐
๐ฅ๐๐ , ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐-๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐๐ฅ.
This is not speculation. I have already identified six veterans across three VISNs whose records-access matters intersected with the disruptive-behavior system. Four of those matters involved the same FOIA/Privacy official over a period of years.
The article explains why that pattern matters.
VA has provided a national-office declaration describing aspects of how DBRS has functioned from 2024 forward. But that leaves an important 2020โ2024 gap in which the process has not been comparably certified. I want to determine what actually happened during that periodโand whether veterans subjected to disruptive-behavior monitoring were also routed through a specialized or coordinated process when they attempted to access or correct the records being maintained about them.
The goal is evidence, not accusation.
If the pattern has an ordinary administrative explanation, the records should show that. If it reflects a national practice affecting veteransโ Privacy Act rights, the records should show that too.
Either way, veterans should be able to find out what information the government keeps about them, who can retrieve it, how it is used, and how an inaccurate record can be challenged.
Please read and share the article. If your own VA records-access experience from 2020 to the present involved DBRS, a DBC, a behavioral flag, or VA workplace-violence personnel, I would especially like to hear from you.
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