Veterans Affairs
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VA officials say they’re staffing up and finding new ways to reach out to new veterans and enroll them in the benefits they’re eligible to receive.
August 28, 2024 -
VA has big and ongoing human resources needs, and a need to modernize the systems connected to hiring and retaining humans.
August 27, 2024 -
The Veterans Affairs Department has a system for detecting errors and fraud payments made for health care. suspended the Program Integrity Tool two years ago.
August 13, 2024 -
Officials in DoD's new user experience office say improvements at a joint DoD-VA facility show it's possible to raise the bar for UX in government
August 09, 2024 -
A recent inspector general report found VA failed to identify tens of thousands of Vietnam veterans who could qualify for retroactive benefits.
July 25, 2024 -
Secretary Denis McDonough says Congress needs to act by mid-September to prevent a delay in benefit payments to veterans.
July 24, 2024 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs’ financial experts tell lawmakers that the historic funding discrepancy is due to increased hiring and pharmaceutical costs.
July 17, 2024 -
The cloud security program launched two programs, an agile delivery pilot and a new technical documentation hub, to accelerate cloud authorizations.
July 15, 2024 -
VBA has delivered record-breaking level of benefits to veterans for the past three years, and is on track to break yet another record this year.
July 10, 2024 -
The VA launched the new EHR in White City, Oregon in June 2022, but a VA employee says she raised unresolved accessibility concerns before launch.
July 02, 2024 -
The VA data systems affected by the ransomware attack are all now back online, but the downtime has created long backlogs that still need to be sorted out.
June 26, 2024 -
Now a bill in Congress would instruct the U.S. Mint to make coins that commemorate service dogs.
June 18, 2024 -
A mobile and interactive service known as “Annie” is being deployed nationwide to help vets keep up with their healthcare protocols via text message.
June 14, 2024 -
One challenge for the Veterans Affairs Department is basic. Veterans themselves typically don't know about all of the benefits they're entitled to.
June 11, 2024 -
It's now on the House floor and forming in the Senate committee: The National Defense Authorization Act for 2025.
June 10, 2024