Tim McClain, the Department of Veterans Affairs' general counsel, is resigning effective Sept. 1 to pursue unspecified opportunities elsewhere. He is the fifth official to leave the VA following the May 3 theft of a laptop containing 26.5 million veterans' sensitive information. In recent weeks, McClain has come under fire by lawmakers who said he resisted repeated attempts in previous years to centralize authority for information security under the agency's chief information officer.
July 20, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A top Veterans Affairs official criticized after the theft of a laptop containing 26.5 million veterans’ sensitive information is leaving to take a job in the private sector, the department said Wednesday.
Tim McClain, the VA’s general counsel since 2001, is resigning effective Sept. 1 to pursue unspecified opportunities elsewhere. He is the fifth official to leave the department following the May 3 theft of a laptop from a VA data analyst’s suburban Maryland home.
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