GOLDEN PARACHUTES FOR EDUCRATS?

Did a top official from the Department of Education receive a ‘golden parachute’ upon his leaving the administration for a consulting gig?

Documents released Tuesday by the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) show Robert Shireman, a top force at Education pushing “gainful employment” regulations, continued to receive generous federal benefits after he became an intermittent consultant for the agency.

A correspondence summary shows officials arranged to begin his consulting contract “immediately following his departure from his position as Deputy Undersecretary in the Office of the Under Secretary so he could retain his federal benefits.”

One hand washes the other.

UPDATE: Here’s a study on golden parachutes for bureaucrats.