Salinas, CA Veterans Administration Deputy Secretary In Charge : What's The Plan, Many Wonder

Although President Barack Obama accepted the resignation of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki yesterday, problems at this important institution are far from over.  Getting a new appointee to be confirmed by Congress will be challenging.  The scrutiny will be intense on any nominee after so much mismanagement has been found at the VA.  The full investigation has not yet been completed by the inspector general, who has already said there may be criminal charges filed against some employees.  At the very least there will likely be many VA employees who are fired.  Currently, the deputy secretary, Sloan Gibson, is interim chief of the VA and he certainly has his work cut out for him.  The biggest problem which lies ahead, in my view, is completely revamping the software system which is outdated and clearly causing many of the problems at the VA.