Department of Veterans Affairs
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The Department of Veterans Affairs, facing an increased workload as more veterans seek VA health care and benefits, is prepared to significantly staff up under the Biden administration’s fiscal 2024 budget request.
March 10, 2023 -
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee pressed Office of Personnel Management Director Kiran Ahuja on federal telework, hiring process reforms, the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, the retirement case backlog and much more.
March 10, 2023 -
The government's latest consolidated financial statements would give a normal CFO hives. Material control weaknesses, significant uncertainties, serious financial management problems.
March 08, 2023 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs will need to rely on its legacy electronic health record, VistA, for another five-to-10 years, if not longer.
March 07, 2023 -
The White House recently appointed Loren DeJong Schulman as Associate Director for Performance and Personnel Management at the Office of Management and Budget.
March 03, 2023 -
The National Archives has a plan to eliminate the pandemic-era backlog and avoid similar situations in the future.
March 01, 2023 -
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 VA needs to keep breaking new records for claims processed, if it hopes to keep pace with a workload surge under the burn-pit toxic exposure legislation signed into law last summer.
February 17, 2023 -
House Republicans are challenging the latest legal decision to limit the Department of Veterans Affairs’ ability to fire employees, under a law Congress passed more than five years ago.
February 16, 2023 -
Here is why agencies can't settle on a post-pandemic telework policy, and likely won't.
February 09, 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 -
Washington Technology Editor in Chief Nick Wakeman joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the state of NITAAC & CMMC, mergers and acquisitions, and CIO-SP4.
January 30, 2023 -
Following on the heels of a successful pilot that brought artificial intelligence to bear on radiology diagnoses, the Department of Veterans Affairs is looking for new opportunities to enhance its health care with AI.
January 26, 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 federal government is looking at a sector-wide shakeup across tech companies as an opportunity to bring a new generation of IT talent into public service.
January 17, 2023