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VA chief urges for new power over senior staff firings after court ruling

The Washington Post: Veterans Affairs Secretary David J. Shulkin is pushing Congress to take action following an appellate court decision that blocked a rule limiting employee rights for some senior staff.

A U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruling on Tuesday said Sharon M. Helman, the fired director of the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System, had a right to appeal her dismissal to the Merit Systems Protection Board. The Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 had taken away that level of appeal for VA senior executives.

The court’s action “underscores yet again the need for swift congressional action to afford the secretary effective and defensible authority to take timely and meaningful action against VA employees whose conduct or performance undermines Veterans’ trust in VA care or services,” Shulkin said in a statement.

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