How easy should it be to fire a fed?

Federal Times: Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald sat before a Senate committee on March 15 to lay out a slate of department goals and provide testimony on pending legislation.

But the central focus of McDonald’s appearance that day was the same as it has been every day since he became secretary: to restore accountability to a department beset by scandal.

Indeed, McDonald’s latest plan was one borne out of prolonged battles of attrition to fire, or at least discipline, VA executives accused of wrongdoing — to shift them from Title 5 of the United States Code to Title 38.

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