VA, Hill aims to further cut workplace protections

The Washington Post: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) officials, upset that a few rulings have not gone their way, now want to eliminate a key means of outside review for agency senior executives facing disciplinary actions.

If the officials, and their congressional allies, get their way in this rare, public dispute between federal agencies, it potentially could weaken the government-wide, independent Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), which provides a shield against loading the civil service with political cronies.

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