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FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2016, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. Under mounting pressure to free convicts as a last act, Obama is planning at least one more batch of pardons and commutations before leaving office in two weeks. But don’t expect many famous offenders to make the list. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) — Obama_Pardons_96384

Management

Obama administration looks back on management successes

Two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, the Obama administration has highlighted some of the management milestones it's achieved over the last eight years.

Federal Drive

Bill Rausch: Trump should keep current VA secretary

People

Senators suggest priorities for Trump's next VA pick

Management

Touting 2 years of progress, McDonald hopes Trump will continue VA transformation

Management

Agencies turning to 'customer journey maps' to tackle service woes

Congress

Devil's in the details for implementing VA Commission recommendations

Management

Obama weighs in on VA Commission's health care suggestions

VA Secretary Bob McDonald said his department should be compared with other healthcare businesses, not federal agencies. (Michael Bonfigli/Christian Science Monitor)

Congress

Veterans omnibus hits 'stumbling block' in Senate

Hillary Clinton

Management

Better DoD, VA collaboration at center of Clinton's veterans policy

VA Secretary Bob McDonald said his department should be compared with other healthcare businesses, not federal agencies. (Michael Bonfigli/Christian Science Monitor)

Agency Oversight

RIFs, a new CIO and 3 other takeaways from VA Commission on Care

SES

Workforce

Repackaged House bill extends same controversial VA firing procedures to all SES

Management

VA's McDonald: 2016 can be a turning point for department

VA Secretary Bob McDonald said his department should be compared with other healthcare businesses, not federal agencies. (Michael Bonfigli/Christian Science Monitor)

SES

Compare us to other businesses, not federal agencies, VA leader says

Congress

New SES performance management options hiding in Senate VA omnibus

Management

Administration should competitively hire next VA secretary, McDonald says

Management

VA board of senior health execs would review disciplinary appeals

Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald/AP

Congress

VA unveils new SES accountability options as Senate fast-tracks vets omnibus

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Budget

Congress, VA mull multiple options to fix 'broken' veterans' care program

SES

VA having second thoughts over SES personnel proposal as alternative emerges

FILE - In this April 2, 2015, file photo, a visitor leaves the Sacramento Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Rancho Cordova, Calif. The number of veterans seeking health care but ending up on waiting lists of one month or more is 50 percent higher now than it was a year ago when a scandal over false records and long wait times wracked the Department of Veterans Affairs, The New York Times reported Saturday, June 20, 2015, online ahead of its Sunday editions. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

DoD Reporter's Notebook

VA convenes summit with veterans advocates to fix appeals process

Robert McKenrick, Diana Rubens, Kimberly Graves, Antione Waller, Linda Haliday, Danny Pummill

Management

VA's struggles with MSPB open door for SES oversight changes

Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald attends as a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, Friday, Nov. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

SES

Concerns grow over VA's proposal to put SES MSPB rights up for grabs

Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald/AP

Congress

5 percent boost to VA spending in 2017 might not be enough