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38 U.S.C. § 725

Annual performance plan for political appointees

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(a)In General.—The Secretary shall conduct an annual performance plan for each political appointee of the Department that is similar to the annual performance plan conducted for an employee of the Department who is appointed as a career appointee (as that term is defined in section 3132(a) of title 5) within the Senior Executive Service at the Department.(b)Elements of Plan.—Each annual performance plan conducted under subsection (a) with respect to a political appointee of the Department shall include an assessment of whether the appointee is meeting the following goals:(1) Recruiting, selecting, and retaining well-qualified individuals for employment at the Department.(2) Engaging and motivating employees.(3) Training and developing employees and preparing those employees for future leadership roles within the Department.(4) Holding each employee of the Department that is a manager accountable for addressing issues relating to performance, in particular issues relating to the performance of employees that report to the manager.(c)Definition of Political Appointee.—In this section, the term “political appointee” means an employee of the Department who holds—(1) a position which has been excepted from the competitive service by reason of its confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character; or(2) a position in the Senior Executive Service as a noncareer appointee (as such term is defined in section 3132(a) of title 5).(Added Pub. L. 115–46, title II, § 203(a), Aug. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 962.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1950–2017 · leading case: Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135 (1950).
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Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135 (1950). “608 (1941), 38 U. S. C. § 725 (1946); 57 Stat. 558 (1943), as amended, 38 U.”
Guy v. United States ex rel. Vets. Admin., 280 F. Supp. 281 (E.D. La. 1968). · cites it 7× “1094, 38 U.S.C.A. § 725 . This law became effective on May 1, 1965.”
Kapourelos v. United States, 306 F. Supp. 1034 (E.D. Pa. 1969). · cites it 4× “Alternatively, the Government requests the Court to dismiss this case for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, on the grounds that the Veteran applied under the wrong subsection of 38 U.S.C.A. § 725 and therefore had no effective insurance and that, even if…”
Maxwell v. United States, 313 F. Supp. 245 (N.D. Cal. 1970). · cites it 2× “Said disability was sufficient to make him eligible to apply for National Service Life Insurance pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 725 (b) (added in 1964 by P.L.”
McKinney v. United States, 301 F. Supp. 37 (N.D. Ala. 1969). “The applicant, however, had died on May 16, 1966. The plaintiff, John McKinney, Jr.”
Gene A. Mead v. David J. Shulkin (Vet. App. 2017). “" 38 U.S.C. § 725 (c)(1). A process that allows for a single Judge's veteran-friendly decision to be overturned merely because two other Judges disagreed goes against the intent of Congress in creating our Court, which was to "place a thumb on the scale in the veteran's favor in…”
Anastasia Kapourelos v. United States of Am. & William J. Driver, Adm'r of Vets. Affairs, 446 F.2d 1181 (3rd Cir. 1971). · cites it 3× “§ 725 , provided for the temporary reopening of the veterans’ insurance program and authorized the issuance of policies of National Service Life Insurance to veterans, including those otherwise not insurable because of non-service-connected disability.”
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