Veterans Affairs
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Some members of Congress and veterans support organizations think a fourth administration within the Department of Veterans Affairs is necessary to add focus on transition, employment and education.
September 16, 2022 -
For a period of some 35 years, a million people were potentially exposed to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune, the Marines base camp in North Carolina. Since 2017, veterans from that era are presumed to have service-related illnesses from drinking that water.
September 16, 2022 -
VA was the only large agency to increase its employee satisfaction score in 2021, but VA senior leader Gina Grosso said workforce improvements don’t end there.
September 12, 2022 -
No fewer than six agencies over the last six weeks promoted or hired new executives to focus on cybersecurity challenges, demonstrating the continued demand for these skillsets.
September 06, 2022 -
Kurt DelBene, the assistant secretary for the Office of Information and Technology and chief information officer at VA, said he is adding more rigor to the process to get systems and application on the network.
September 05, 2022 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs will now provide abortions for veterans in life-threatening situations due to a pregnancy or in cases of rape and incest.
September 02, 2022 -
Many agencies are working to improve customer experience. An important element of that is convenience and identification and verification of those accessing digital services. Now the Veterans Affairs Department has expanded its use of login.gov for that very purpose
August 26, 2022 -
A poll of veterans shows discouragement about withdrawal from Afghanistan and many veterans have mental health issues
August 26, 2022 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs has been concentrating on improving service to its veteran constituents. And its had some success. Surveys show a 24% jump in trust in VA over the past few years.
August 25, 2022 -
Also in today's Federal Newscast, does telework help or hurt diversity efforts? And was the Coast-Guard-connected couple in Hawaii in the spying business?
August 24, 2022 -
You might have thought psychedelic drugs went away with the Woodstock generation, but Veterans Affairs researchers are studying the question of whether psychedelics can be effective treatments for certain mental disorders.
August 23, 2022 -
Ben Hall, chief executive officer of Golden State Medical Supply, Inc. (GSMS), joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a wide-ranging discussion focusing on key contracting programs and purchasing trends in the federal generic pharmaceutical market.
August 16, 2022 -
For many years the Department of Veterans Affairs has worked to make it easier for veterans to access VA services. Now the department is two months into an effort to make it easier for vendors — and what the department calls "innovators" — to put their services and capabilities before VA program and contract people. It's a website called Pathfinder.
August 11, 2022 -
The Senate Special Committee on Aging calls on VA and DOJ to improve federal technology accessibility to individuals and veterans with disabilities.
August 10, 2022 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is looking to grow its health care workforce with new pay incentives and retain the in-demand employees it already has, now that a major VA health care bill has been signed into law.
August 10, 2022