Veterans Affairs
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This week, Michael Binder spoke with Michael Missal, who has been Inspector General for the Department of Veterans Affairs since 2016.
March 04, 2021 -
Three departments are developing new electronic health records systems. At the heart of the efforts is commercial technology from the Cerner Corporation.
March 01, 2021 -
The Veterans Health Administration also said it will not require the COVID-19 vaccine as a requirement of employment at the department. VHA has vaccinated 73% of its workforce and 90% of its clinical staff.
February 25, 2021 -
Freedom of Information Act requests are on the rise. Rising faster are instances of federal agencies turning them down.
February 24, 2021 -
New Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough said he hasn't made any decisions yet on how he'll approach collective bargaining, but he's meeting with labor leaders and getting to know employees at the department.
February 24, 2021 -
Besides being the biggest health care delivery organization in the country, the Veterans Health Administration is also one of the biggest medical research organizations.
February 23, 2021 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs says it's been able to vaccinate its health care workers with relative speed, but reaching the broader veteran population has and will continue to be a challenge.
February 19, 2021 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs has a statutory responsibility to offer networks of health care providers outside of its own system.
February 17, 2021 -
Federal Drive with Tom Temin got the latest from the Executive Director of the National Veterans Legal Services Program, Bart Stichman.
February 17, 2021 -
Tests on VA's new system showed more than 500 serious problems as recently as last summer. The department managed to resolve or work around almost all of them by the time of its first deployment in October.
February 16, 2021 -
The Veterans Health Administration is marking its 75th year. Now that Denis McDonough is confirmed as the new veterans affairs secretary, what will his overseers on Capitol Hill be most concerned with?
February 12, 2021 -
Veterans and health care have changed a lot since 1945 when the vast cohort started returning home from World War II. The VA's acting Undersecretary for Health, Dr. Richard Stone, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for a review.
February 11, 2021 -
One budget reconciliation proposal would create a brand new bank of paid leave, worth about $570 million, for federal employees to recover from COVID-19 and care for sick family members, or children who are learning virtually from home.
February 10, 2021 -
The Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service is testing out if artificial intelligence can streamline the annual appropriations process and get money to agencies sooner.
February 09, 2021 -
The Senate has overwhelmingly voted to confirm President Joe Biden’s pick to oversee the Department of Veterans Affairs
February 08, 2021