Department of Veterans Affairs
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A new study says the Veterans Health Administration has the structure to be a great healthcare provider, but it needs changes to make the system work.
October 07, 2015 -
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) wrote a letter to the Justice Department pushing for action on this latest scandal at the Veterans Affairs Department.
October 06, 2015 -
A blue-ribbon commission's review of the Mitre Corporation's audit of the Department of Veterans Affairs says if the agency doesn't push for sweeping reforms with Congress' help, the VA can expect more of the same scandals that put it under the microscope in 2014.
September 24, 2015 -
The Veterans Affairs Department launches Vets.gov, a digital doorway to help organize online resources for veterans.
September 04, 2015 The Veterans Affairs Department is collaborating with OPM and private organizations to solve some of its overarching issues.
September 04, 2015-
Only eight weeks into the job, David Shulkin is rethinking health care goals within the Veterans Affairs Department
September 04, 2015 -
After a years-long effort, the Veterans Affairs Department has managed to whittle down its backlog of disability claims by 90 percent. It now has fewer than 100,000 disability claims, meaning those more than 125 days since filing. That's down from the record 611,000 claims it still held in 2013. Allison Hickey is VA's undersecretary for benefits. Hickey tells the Federal Drive with Tom Temin more about how VA made this progress.
September 02, 2015 -
NARFE's John Hatton and Katie Maddocks from the Federal Managers Association, join host Mike Causey to talk about some of the issues that Congress will tackle when it returns from its summer recess. September 2, 2015
September 01, 2015 -
Federal unions and the employees they represent aren't always on the same page. For example, the American Federation of Government Employees recently targeted some leaders at the Department of Veterans Affairs for discipline. And some members of Congress have called for an end to some collective bargaining rights like official time for feds. Jeff Neal is senior vice president of ICF International and former chief human capital officer at the Homeland Security Department. He's also the author of the Chief HRO blog and he tells In Depth with Francis Rose that federal unions come in all kinds of flavors.
August 31, 2015 -
Veterans Affairs wants to make it easier for veterans to find its services. One suggestion by Secretary Bob McDonald is to create a veterans.gov website. But there's a problem. The Labor Department owns that URL. Federal News Radio's executive editor Jason Miller writes about this situation in his weekly feature, "Inside the Reporter's Notebook." He joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss a potential solution to Labor and VA's problem.
August 31, 2015 -
The departments of Veterans Affairs and Labor could use a long-established approach to making services for veterans easier to find if they'd only remember it's there.
August 31, 2015 Carol Bonosaro, president of the Senior Executives Association, joins host Mike Causey to discuss how career federal executives are impacted by lame duck presidential administrations. She will also give her thoughts on a recent report based on an employee job survey conducted last year by the Office of Personnel Management. August 26, 2015
August 25, 2015-
The Senior Executives Association and Federal Managers Association have asked Congress to investigate what they call a "hit list" created by VA’s largest labor union. It's a report compiled by the American Federation of Government Employees, which names managers and executives the union recommends for discipline. SEA questions whether the list was compiled on official time. Jason Briefel is the legislative director at SEA. He joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on this list and why the associations are so upset by it.
August 21, 2015 -
Managers at the Veterans Affairs Department may be targets of one of the largest federal employee unions. Representatives of the American Federation of Government Employees may have been using their work time to compile suggestions for discipline by top VA leaders. Federal News Radio Reporter Emily Kopp tells In Depth with Francis Rose why this controversy may boil down to a classic labor-versus-management clash.
August 19, 2015 -
Just when Congress is considering tougher penalties for Veterans Affairs employees engaged in misconduct, the Senior Executives Association and the Federal Managers Association have asked lawmakers to investigate a "hit list" created by the American Federation of Government Employees, VA's largest labor union.
August 19, 2015