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Multiple-award contracts don't mean everyone who bids get a slot. A new federal circuit court ruling shows that losing companies can protest those who did get an award and maybe knock them off.
By law and regulation, the Veterans Affairs department is supposed to check out the employees used by its contractors. A recent look-see by VA's Office of Inspector General found pretty serious non-compliance.
This man has spent a career improving the lives of veterans and others with physical disabilities. He has overseen development of vastly improved wheelchairs and prosthetic devices. Now he is an inductee to the Inventors Hall of Fame.
The Veterans Health Administration, in recent memos, put a temporary pause on pulling back job offers, then told leadership and HR officials to only rescind job offers as an “action of last resort.”
A VA watchdog says hundreds of thousands of veterans treated at sites using the VA's EHR are at risk of receiving the wrong medication.
VA is taking steps to protect laundry staff at its hospitals, after an investigation found needles containing blood and other substances in laundry bins at a medical center.
It is not every day the Veterans Affairs Department comes up with a new insurance program. In fact, last year was the first time in 50 years.
Barbara Morton, VA’s deputy chief experience officer, says the department’s designation as a HISP by the Office of Management and Budget “has been a really important driver" for customer service improvements.
VA officials say the department this year is focused on increasing veteran access to VA care using mostly the health care workforce it already has, "rather than on nationwide growth in total employees.”
The Department of Veterans Affairs, pivoting to align with the Defense Department, will soon remove health care coverage requirements that advocates have said discriminate against LGBTQ+ and unmarried veterans.
Archivist of the United States Colleen Shogan told Federal News Network in an interview Friday that NPRC employees who put in extra hours on holidays and weekends were essential to driving down the backlog.
Transgender veteran advocates are calling on a federal court to expedite the Department of Veterans Affairs’ plans to cover gender-confirmation surgery.
DoD will update its policy for coverage of infertility treatments, giving access to active-duty members who are either unmarried or in same-sex marriages.
The Veterans Health Administration is looking to raise workforce productivity, after a record year of hiring, and increase the number of health care appointments available to patients.