Denis McDonough

FILE- A health care worker fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, Thursday, July 22, 2021, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The number of Americans getting a COVID-19 vaccine has been rising in recent days as virus cases once again surge and officials raise dire warnings about the consequences of remaining unvaccinated. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

VA mandates COVID-19 vaccine for health care workers

Title 38 health care workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs will have eight weeks to get fully vaccinated, per a new mandate from the agency.

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VA restores official time to health care workforce, agrees to a reset with AFGE

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5 more takeaways from VA’s EHR strategic review

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‘Missteps were ours,’ VA’s McDonough says of initial EHR rollout

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Few VA employees easily navigating new EHR after training, months of use, auditors say

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VA’s EHR strategic review is complete, but path forward isn’t quite ready for primetime

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This May 25, 2021 photo shows a U.S. Passport cover in Washington. The Biden administration says American citizens holding recently expired U.S. passports will be allowed to return home from abroad on that document until the end of year. (AP Photo/Eileen Putman)

Biden administration sets mid-July deadline to finalize agency reentry plans

Agencies must finalize reentry plans and post-pandemic workforce policies by July 19, the Biden administration said Tuesday. The Social Security Administration…

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Fake invoices cost complicit contractor $50M

A defense contractor that created fake invoices, pays the government $50 million. OPM has elevated is office of diversity and inclusion. And, if given…

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VA’s unreliable infrastructure estimates raise more questions about EHR’s cost

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The Department of Veterans Affairs underestimated the costs of the physical infrastructure upgrades needed to prepare VA medical facilities for its new electronic health record. VA’s IG said those upgrades may cost between $3.1 and 3.7 billion.

Denis McDonough

VA mandates COVID-19 vaccine for health care workers

VA restores official time to health care workforce, agrees to a reset with AFGE

5 more takeaways from VA’s EHR strategic review

‘Missteps were ours,’ VA’s McDonough says of initial EHR rollout

Few VA employees easily navigating new EHR after training, months of use, auditors say

VA’s EHR strategic review is complete, but path forward isn’t quite ready for primetime

US citizens can now self-select their gender on their passports

VA to start providing gender confirmation surgeries for its patients

VA makes the case for another record funding request in 2022

Some companies may choose not to work with DoD because of CMMC

Pent up demand for VA services driving record 2022 budget request, agency says

Biden administration sets mid-July deadline to finalize agency reentry plans

Fake invoices cost complicit contractor $50M

VA’s unreliable infrastructure estimates raise more questions about EHR’s cost

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