Veterans Affairs
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Each year the VA's Office of Inspector General looks at whether the agency has what are known as severe occupational staffing shortages. It's had mixed results recently.
August 05, 2022 -
VHA distributed devices to about 41,000 patients during the first three quarters of fiscal 2021, but 51% of the patients are not using the devices for virtual appointments.
August 04, 2022 -
After a dip in the 2020 governmentwide attrition rate, employees voluntarily left the federal workforce in 2021 at an average rate of 6.1%, often to retire or find a new job.
August 03, 2022 -
AFGE, which represents around 283,000 VA employees, said 70% of respondents reported needing more administrative and support staff, and 64% said there are vacant positions for which no recruitment is taking place.
August 03, 2022 -
The Senate has given final approval to a bill enhancing health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
August 02, 2022 -
AFGE helped shoot down a plan for an independent review board to look at VA's proposals for rearranging its nationwide map of facilities. First Executive President of AFGE's national VA council Mary Jane Burke explained why they opposed the plan.
July 29, 2022 -
At least one agency has a severe staffing shortage in that particular occupational code. Namely, the Veterans Health Administration. The workplace can turn bad pretty fast. Especially if that workplace is a hospital.
July 28, 2022 -
Rising costs estimated for the Veterans Affairs Department to fully migrate to its new Electronic Health Record (EHR) system are making the project a tough sell to Congress, as lawmakers consider alternatives.
July 27, 2022 -
The Senate will continue debating the Chips Bill this week. Find out more about that and other important happenings on Capitol Hill, Tom Temin talked with Bloomberg Government deputy news director Loren Duggan.
July 25, 2022 -
The House version of the fiscal 2023 spending package that passed Wednesday includes an amendment that defunds the VA’s Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Commission.
July 21, 2022 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is postponing the go-live for its new Electronic Health Record at yet another site, as Congress intensifies its scrutiny of the rollout.
July 20, 2022 -
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform sent letters to veteran records retrieval companies including DD214 Direct, Aardvark Research Group and Angels Research.
July 15, 2022 -
The House will consider several workforce-related amendments to the 2023 Defense Authorization Act, including bringing TSA employees under Title 5.
July 13, 2022 -
The House Rules Committee on Tuesday advanced a revised version of the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (Honoring Our PACT) Act that the Senate passed month, but addresses technical drafting errors.
July 13, 2022 -
The Veterans Health Administration is seeing severe staffing shortages back on the rise, after years of making progress on this front.
July 07, 2022