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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs — Ft. Wayne - Circa November 2022: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The VA provides healthcare services to military veterans.

Veterans Affairs

VHA says $12B budget shortfall is 'overestimate,' still needs more funding to keep hiring

House lawmakers expressed bipartisan frustration with the VA's inaccurate budget forecasts.

Veterans Affairs

Sweeping VA reform bill with pay flexibility for health care workers passes House

Federal Newscast

House to vote on bill to make it easier to fire VA employees accused of misconduct

Commentary

Servicemember comes full-circle: Serving our nation as an Army sergeant, VA training specialist on the Digital GI Bill

Commentary

Tea with the Taliban to coffee at Waffle House: The importance of veterans in defending American democracy

Federal Newscast

House VA committee lawmakers slam Sec. McDonough over VA request for emergency funding

Workforce

VA reinstated 100 employees fired under widely challenged law, paid $134M to hundreds more

FILE - Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., speaks as the House of Representatives debates the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump at the Capitol in Washington on Dec. 18, 2019. Newhouse was one of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump last year, and is one of only two to beat back GOP challengers this year. (House Television via AP, File)

Federal Newscast

Legislation to axe locality pay for teleworking feds gets House companion

Veterans Affairs

Veterans Affairs

How Veterans Affairs hiring of substance abuse disorder workers could have gone smoother

Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, testifies before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

Hiring/Retention

VA to remain ‘very discerning’ on health care hiring, calls on Congress to address $12B shortfall in December

va, AI, AI use cases, veterans

IT Modernization

VA’s new EHR saw 826 ‘major' incidents since its launch

Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., is interviewed about the Relay, an electric autonomous vehicle, in Fairfax, Va., Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. The future of transportation arrived in northern Virginia, looking like a big blue toaster on wheels that can seat six and drive itself through the region’s notorious traffic. State and local officials debuted the Relay system Thursday, an all-electric, autonomous vehicle that will provide free shuttle rides back and forth from the Dunn Loring Metrorail stop to the bustling Mosaic District in Fairfax County, Va. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

IT Modernization

‘Historic’ FITARA scorecard shows record 13 agencies earned A's

VA, IT, data

Veterans Affairs

Veterans Affairs has work to do on its clean environment plan

September 7-9, 2022, Washington, D.C.- The VA NAII 2022 BRAIN Summit brought together AI specialists, researchers and NAII colleagues to discuss AI advancements and benefits to Veteran health. (VA/Yossi May)

Veterans Affairs

Senate passes $3B VA supplemental funding bill, averting delay in veterans’ benefits

diplomacy, foreign service, State Department Foreign Service

Federal Newscast

Senators push for fix to potential Foreign Service pay cut

VA, IT, data

Veterans Affairs

$3B VA supplemental passes House, senators urge final vote by Friday deadline

In this Dec. 22, 2016 photo, a pathologist works in a laboratory inside the National Fertility and Test Tube Baby Centre in Hisar, India. Most medical ethics guidelines around the world recommend a cut-off between 45 and 50 for treatments like IVF, and the Indian Medical Council sets 45 as the recommended age limit. Across the United States and most parts of western Europe, insurance companies usually stop paying for IVF treatment after 45. In the United Kingdom, the limit for fertility treatments under the National Health Service is 42. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Federal Newscast

House Democrats introduce 'Right to IVF' Act

VA bonuses, Veterans Homeless Grants

Hiring/Retention

VA plans to keep growing health care workforce, if Congress fixes $12B shortfall in FY 2025 budget

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Management

How the Pentagon could improve the soldier-to-civilian program

FILE - In this June 21, 2013, file photo, the seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. A House committee unveiled a disputed plan July 21, 2017, to allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to shift $2 billion from other programs to cover a sudden budget shortfall that could threaten medical care for thousands of patients in the coming weeks.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Budget

House Republicans lead $3B VA supplement to fix year-end budget shortfall

cyber, EPA, Water Contamination Nitrates Oregon

Federal Newscast

EPA union calls for temporary situational telework option

Veterans Affairs

Veterans Affairs

VA hiring fell ‘significantly short’ in plan to treat substance abuse in vets

Air Force

Veterans Affairs

VA staffing up to handle ‘historic’ enrollment in programs for service-disabled vets

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