Veterans Affairs
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Following on the heels of a successful pilot that brought artificial intelligence to bear on radiology diagnoses, the Department of Veterans Affairs is looking for new opportunities to enhance its health care with AI.
January 26, 2023 -
The VA CAREERS Act would set higher base pay caps for VA physicians, podiatrists, optometrists and dentists as the Veterans Affairs Department looks to grow its health care workforce.
January 25, 2023 -
The Federal Trade Commission has proposed a rule to ban non-compete employee contractors. Federal services contractors are decidedly not of one mind on this issue.
January 24, 2023 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is putting data and emerging technology at the forefront of a modernization agenda that’s ramping up under the PACT Act.
January 19, 2023 -
Veterans groups keep a close eye on authorization and appropriations for the military. They're please with increases in housing allowances for troops planned for 2023.
January 13, 2023 -
The Veterans Benefits Administration is using new PACT Act authorities and funding to hire an additional 1,900 employees in the first half of fiscal 2023.
January 02, 2023 -
Members of the military special forces can do extraordinary things. But eventually they muster out, with little preparation for work in the private sector. That's where the Tampa, Florida based STAR network comes in.
December 29, 2022 -
Veterans Affairs has never been a static organization. In recent years, legislation has added external practitioners to augment health care available in VA's own facilities.
December 29, 2022 -
Due to the passage of the PACT Act in August 2022 — a law that expands health care and benefits for veterans — the Department of Veterans Affairs is expecting a 50% to 100% increase in claims year-over-year.
December 23, 2022 -
The VA Employee Fairness Act would provide full collective bargaining rights for 100,000 VA doctors, physician assistants, nurses, dentists and chiropractors.
December 15, 2022 -
Current and former VA officials say the agenyc needs to keep streamlining the way it hires and onboards for health care workers amid a nationwide shortage.
December 14, 2022 -
VA says it wants an evolving technology-as-a-service approach to manage its multibillion dollar logistics enterprise, and plans to select its own vendor to handle those responsibilities for the next decade.
December 14, 2022 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is developing a plan to expand its network of healthcare facilities across the country and improve the infrastructure of some of its existing facilities.
December 13, 2022 -
The Veterans Affairs Department is on a hiring spree for IT talent, and recruiting private-sector employees hit by industry-wide layoffs to join its ranks.
December 09, 2022 -
Congress is planning to give the National Archives and Records Administration significant funding to dig out from a pandemic-era backlog that's kept veterans from applying for federal benefits.
December 07, 2022