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Appeals board itself had conceded its judge made mistakes on the case.
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A federal court has overruled an administrative judge on a case with significant implications for federal employee protections, saying the judge s errors in his initial ruling were so severe he should be removed from the case entirely.
The case,
Tao v. Merit Systems Protection Board, positioned the Office of Special Counsel the agency tasked with enforcing federal whistleblower protection laws against the MSPB ruling, and eventually led the board to argue its own judge had erred. OSC had filed a brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit saying the judge’s ruling risked leaving federal workers uncertain about their rights and “vulnerable to retaliation explicitly prohibited by the statute.”
Trump railed against the deep state, but he also built his own. Biden is trying to dismantle it. Adam Edelman © Provided by NBC News
But before he left office, he quietly embedded dozens of his own political appointees in career government positions and appointed other loyalists to influential boards and groups one of the final, but possibly most enduring, ways he attempted to remake Washington in his own image.
Now, President Joe Biden’s administration is trying to root out some of those government employees, seeking to rid the broader federal bureaucracy of Trump loyalists who could hinder his agenda.
VA secretary promises diverse leadership team, but can’t say when they’ll be in place February 23 Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough speaks during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on Jan. 27, 2021. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP)
Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough vowed that his leadership team at the federal bureaucracy will reflect the diversity of America’s veterans but offered no timeline for when other key senior posts at the department will be filled. “This will be a really important piece of demonstrating seriousness about diversity and inclusion,” McDonough said in a press conference with reporters on Tuesday. “Our political appointees to date reflect that. That’s intentional.”
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