Veterans Affairs
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The Department of Veterans Affairs is operating on several fronts to keep its services to veterans up to date. One channel for that is the Veterans Health Administration program called the Innovation Ecosystem.
October 09, 2020 -
Agencies are increasingly turning to online feedback as a way to communicate and respond to their customers during the pandemic. In the case of the Veterans Benefits Administration, that feedback led to new legislation in a matter of weeks.
October 08, 2020 -
New proposed regulations from OPM reinterpret the agency's own 40-year-old reading of the Back Pay Act, and would limit the kinds of cases where federal employees could receive back pay, as well as exclude unions from receiving attorney fees.
October 07, 2020 -
After multiple delays, the Department of Veterans Affairs is roughly three weeks away from the initial rollout of its electronic health record modernization program at its first site.
October 01, 2020 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs said standard community care wait times, similar to the metrics it has for its own health services, aren't necessary, especially if it cleans up its own bureaucratic referral and scheduling process.
October 01, 2020 -
The way things seem to be going between Department of Veterans Affairs management and the American Federation of Government Employees, contract negotiations could outlast the pandemic.
September 30, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the GAO offers a stark assessment of the VA's community care program, political appointees will now have a major role in diversity training, and Army officials are trying to figure out why suicides are up 30% over last year.
September 29, 2020 -
Should animals be used in medical research? The Veterans Health Administration has responded to criticism of the practice but Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke to Americans for Medical Progress, an organization that advocates in favor of the ethical use of animals in medical research.
September 28, 2020 -
This week marked the Autumnal Equinox, and change is in the air. It also signals that we are approaching the end of the government fiscal year.
September 25, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, medical centers at the Department of Veterans Affairs see a slight improvement in staffing shortages over the last year.
September 25, 2020 -
When our nation needed them most, our veterans ran toward the problem and put their country first -- they deserve the best care possible.
September 21, 2020 -
A draft continuing resolution from House Democrats would also restrict agencies from implementing employee furloughs, set a new fee structure for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and fund several large agency projects. But Republicans have expressed opposition to the measure.
September 21, 2020 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs office of inspector general has found critical flaws in two important functions at the Veterans Health Administration.
September 21, 2020 -
Democrats on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee say roughly 17,000 community care providers were also potential victims of the VA data breach, which the department made public earlier this week. VA on Friday said just 13 of those providers were truly impacted by the breach, and six had payments diverted.
September 17, 2020 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs wants to reprogram $243 million from Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds to overhaul yet another series of legacy IT systems.
September 16, 2020