Navy Follows Through on Firing Employee After Failing for 4 Years to Accommodate Her Disability

The Navy fired a civilian employee this week after a years-long struggle to accommodate her disability, citing her medical condition as the reason for her termination. Government Executive profiled Dawn Dunphy in November, detailing her battle with the Navy, the manufacturer of the speech-assistance software she was promised when the department recruited and hired her, and the contractors that maintain the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet platform upon which most Navy computers operate. In September, four years after hiring her, the Navy sent Dunphy a notice of proposed removal. The actual removal date was delayed several times, but Dunphy was given a letter cementing her firing on Tuesday.