Originally Posted by KFWA
Originally Posted by ltppowell
I'd be more concerned about him lying about firing 60 employees at the VA, when he didn't.


now if that's a lie, then yea, Houston we have a problem.


I did find this reading up on him...................

"McDonald, a former Procter & Gamble CEO with no experience in the worlds of government or medicine, will presumably lean heavily into his managerial skills to make the changes he wants to execute. He estimates that as many as 1,000 employees may need to be fired for violating the VA’s values of “integrity,…advocacy,…respect,…[and] excellence.”

60 Minutes spoke with Secretary of Veterans Affairs Bob McDonald about his efforts to solve the systemic problems that led to a healthcare scandal.

However, terminating a government employee is much more elaborate than McDonald’s personnel decisions in the corporate world. Since in each situation a case for firing must be presented to an administrative judge, many employees were put on administrative leave to prevent them from doing further harm to the veterans they are supposed to serve."


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"Mr. McDonald said on NBC this month that 60 people had been fired for their part in the misconduct, but the fact-checking website PolitiFact.com rated his statement as “false,” saying that fewer than 20 had been dismissed and that others had been disciplined.

The V.A. acknowledged that Mr. McDonald’s claim that his department has “fired” 60 people was incorrect.

“Regarding the 60 figure, it is most accurate to say that ‘V.A. has proposed disciplinary action related to data manipulation or patient care against more than 60 employees nationwide,’ ” an official said. That includes “the full range of accountability actions including admonishments, demotions, reprimands and termination.”


http://www.nytimes.com/politics/fir...s-for-embellishing-military-record/?_r=0

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