Denis McDonough
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has struck an agreement with one of its unions that would allow the agency to expedite the hiring process for certain employees.
February 22, 2023 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs' hiring metrics are headed in the right direction, as the agency looks to staff up on healthcare workers to meet its growing workload.
February 06, 2023 -
The Small Business Administration is taking on a major project in the new year – certifying the veteran-owned status of small businesses looking to compete for federal government contracts.
January 23, 2023 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is working on a study focused on racial disparities in its benefits claims decisions — an issue that spans decades, according to a federal lawsuit filed Monday.
December 01, 2022 -
The Veterans Affairs Department is making progress on an effort to digitize military service records for veterans, as part of its implementation of a major VA health care bill signed into law this summer.
November 11, 2022 -
Veterans currently experience long wait times for pain management treatment. Allowing nurse anesthesiologists to treat them would speed the process up.
November 08, 2022 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeing a surge of applicants applying for open positions as the agency looks to expand its workforce.
October 25, 2022 -
The Veterans Health Administration will hold a national onboarding surge event in November to get candidates who have already accepted job offers to start work sooner.
October 19, 2022 -
The VA is also sending letters to every veteran who may have been impacted by problems with the EHR currently running at five VA locations across the U.S.
October 13, 2022 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is saying it's too soon to know if a vendor update has resolved patient safety issues holding up future rollouts of its new Electronic Health Record.
September 28, 2022 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is looking at a major, across-the-board hiring initiative as the agency looks to bring even more patients into its health care network.
September 26, 2022 -
The Justice Department is telling the Department of Veterans Affairs that state government officials cannot pursue criminal or civil charges against its employees for performing abortions.
September 22, 2022 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs will now provide abortions for veterans in life-threatening situations due to a pregnancy or in cases of rape and incest.
September 02, 2022 -
The Senate Special Committee on Aging calls on VA and DOJ to improve federal technology accessibility to individuals and veterans with disabilities.
August 10, 2022 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is looking to grow its health care workforce with new pay incentives and retain the in-demand employees it already has, now that a major VA health care bill has been signed into law.
August 10, 2022