Veterans Affairs
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After more than one year after the Veterans Affairs Department stood up its new Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection. senior executives still make up a small fraction of disciplinary actions.
July 10, 2018 -
It's been over a year now since President Donald Trump signed the VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act into law, which he and top VA leadership said would give them much-needed authority to fire employees more quickly.
July 10, 2018 -
Marcy Jacobs, executive director of the VA's digital services, is also a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals program.
July 06, 2018 -
Exact numbers and specific challenges spouses faces can be fuzzy, but the Institute for Veterans and Military Families in partnership with Prudential Financial is trying to shed some light on the issues.
July 06, 2018 -
The latest research and advancements from the Veterans Affairs Department include a power-wheelchair that can climb stairs and curbs, new prosthetics and a powerful study on the impacts of opioids.
July 05, 2018 -
On this episode of CyberChat, host Sean Kelley is joined by Dr. Paul Tibbits, deputy chief information officer for the Veterans Affairs Department and program executive officer for the Financial Management Business Transformation.
July 05, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the State Department plans to spend almost $1 billion to modernize four key services under the Bureau of Consular Affairs.
July 03, 2018 -
The Veterans Affairs Department has a shortage of medical professionals, but it also lacks the human resources expertise and flexibility it needs to bring top talent in more quickly.
July 02, 2018 -
Robert Wilkie, the president's nominee for secretary of Veterans Affairs, said he would faithfully implement the VA MISSION Act, but oppose efforts to fully-privatize VA health care.
June 28, 2018 -
After Agent Orange and Gulf War syndrome, the next set of maladies affecting service members is shaping up to be burn pits, toxic fires used to get rid of waste materials during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
June 27, 2018 -
The Veterans Affairs Department says it will begin deployment of a new electronic health record at three sites in the Pacific Northwest in October, and the system will be implemented at those sites by March 2020.
June 26, 2018 -
As the Veterans Affairs Department tries to solve staffing problems, the department’s inspector general finished its first-ever examination of what the workforce shortfalls look like at a local level.
June 25, 2018 -
The Senate Appropriations Committee cleared a bill to give federal civilian employees a 1.9 percent pay raise in 2019.
June 22, 2018 -
Senate Veterans Affairs Ranking Member Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and three other senators are asking the VA inspector general to review the department's implementation of the VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act.
June 15, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Veterans Affairs Department publishes the ratings of its 130 community living centers.
June 14, 2018