Denis McDonough

(AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, testifies before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

VA sets higher in-office work requirements for teleworking employees this fall

VA Secretary Denis McDonough, in an all-staff email sent Wednesday, said the department will require employees with telework agreements in the National…

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McCarthy Debt Ceiling

That tick-tick-tick-tick-tick you hear? It’s the countdown to debt ceiling doomsday

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OMB’s return-to-office memo offers ‘reset’ for federal employees and their customers

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Getty Images/iStockphoto/Kiyoshi TannoWashington DC/USA Mar 25 2019/Signboard of United States Department of Veterans Affairs(VA).The VA stands in front of Lafayette Square Park in the north of the White House.

VBA turns to ‘aggressive hiring,’ automation tools to keep pace with PACT Act claims

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Getty Images/iStockphoto/Kiyoshi TannoWashington DC/USA Mar 25 2019/Signboard of United States Department of Veterans Affairs(VA).The VA stands in front of Lafayette Square Park in the north of the White House.

Tentative agreement between AFGE and VA seeks to streamline hiring process

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In this May 29, 2017 photo, Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Bost speaks to veterans at VFW Post  4183 in Belleville, Ill. Democrat Brendan Kelly is trying to retake a Southern Illinois House seat that Democrats held for more than 30 years before Bost won it in 2014. (Steve Nagy/Belleville News-Democrat, via AP)

‘The biggest problem every day’: House VA Committee chairman fed up with troubled EHR rollout

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Federal arbitrator: VA didn’t bargain ‘in good faith’ with AFGE to update decade-old contract

More than two years into the Biden administration, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the largest federal employee union appear no closer to an agreement…

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(Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP)Secretary of Veterans Affairs nominee Denis McDonough speaks during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Washington. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP)

VA launches equity task force to address disparity in benefits decisions based on race

The Department of Veterans Affairs is creating an equity task force to ensure minority and underserved veteran populations have equal access to VA health…

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VA deputy secretary, leader on EHR rollout and customer experience, is stepping down

Deputy VA Secretary Donald Remy helped lead a governmentwide effort to improve customer experience and oversaw the VA’s rollout of a new Electronic Health Record.

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