Department of Veterans Affairs
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Kristin Seaver steps in to the CIO and executive vice president roles after spending the last two-plus years working as the vice president of area operations for the Capital Metro Area.
April 25, 2016 -
Veterans and agency hiring managers have mixed thoughts on the success of the veterans preference program. But there is some consensus that current regulations are too confusing and complex for both veterans and agencies.
April 21, 2016 What do federal employees think about the two leading candidates for President? Find out on this week's Fed Access when Government Executive Staff Writer Eric Katz joins host Derrick Dortch. April 22, 2016
April 20, 2016-
The Veterans Affairs Department says nearly 97 percent of veterans received an appointment at a VA medical center within 30 days. But the Government Accountability Office says otherwise. GAO's own study suggests average wait times range from 22 to 71 days for an appointment.
April 20, 2016 -
The "MyAgency" model tries to personalize federal offerings that are in reality offered on a mass scale.
April 19, 2016 -
With roughly nine months until Inauguration Day, VA leadership is trying to implement a major transformation to the way it delivers health care and interacts with veterans and its own employees. But the department needs a plan and a new governance structure in place to ensure that whatever progress is made now endures beyond Jan. 20, 2017.
April 18, 2016 -
Department of Veterans Affairs certifies to Congress that is it fully interoperable with DoD medical IT systems. But future of VA's own health record system is yet to be decided.
April 15, 2016 Federal News Radio reporters Scott Maucione and Nicole Ogrysko join host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn to discuss whether Congress will take action to change the personnel systems at the Pentagon and the VA. April 13, 2016
April 12, 2016-
Roughly half of a congressionally appointed commission to reform the Veterans Affairs Department suggested an expansion of community care for veterans and a systematic closure of some VA medical facilities. The "strawman document" emerged as the VA pilots a few new programs to help veterans gain more control over their health care.
April 08, 2016 -
Negotiations between the House and Senate VA committees over a new veterans omnibus have stalled, as the Veterans Affairs Department releases more details in its plan to change accountability procedures for its senior executives.
April 07, 2016 -
If we start with these seven basics, we could have the potential to design a more accountable civil service that is free of political influence.
April 07, 2016 -
Richard Lieberman, a consultant and retired attorney, makes the case that agencies can’t pick and choose when to apply the Federal Acquisition Regulations to task orders under multiple award contracts.
April 04, 2016 -
VA Deputy CIO for Architecture, Strategy and Design Paul Tibbits said his agency wants to do more with cloud technology, but it needs a clearer message from private industry on what the technology can do for the agency.
March 30, 2016 -
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) has introduced a bill to link the Veterans Affairs Department with private sector technology, in the hope of creating an opportunity for veterans to self-schedule medical appointments.
March 28, 2016 -
There isn't much more the Veterans Affairs Department can do, now that the Merit Systems Protection Board overturned punishments for two of four senior executives accused of misconduct. The VA handed out lighter punishments to the four VBA leaders, despite criticism from Congress.
March 23, 2016