Department of Veterans Affairs
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The Inspector General\'s office at VA found 83 per cent of contracts weren\'t being entered, and that made oversight and accountability nearly impossible.
April 22, 2011 -
The chairman of the subcommittee on federal financial management said legislation may be needed to ensure agency accounting procedures are focusing on stopping improper payments. He said progress across the government is good, but more tools are necessary. OMB is testing the Do Not Pay List and plans to launch the full portal in 2012.
April 20, 2011 -
The agency IG wrote a letter to the attorneys for Adair Martinez saying they overstated or misstated the facts about their investigation. George Opfer said his investigators followed protocol during discovery of the allegations of fraud and misconduct by Martinez in their August 2009 report. The MSPB ruled earlier this month that Martinez didn\'t receive due process and was wrongfully terminated.
April 20, 2011 -
Given the nonperformance of Congress, federal workers better learn to live with furlough threats. So whether we dodge the bullet or not this time, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has a checklist you should clip and save...for the next time.
April 11, 2011 -
Not everything will remain normal for veterans seeking help.
April 08, 2011 -
A Merit Systems Protection Board judge ruled that Adair Martinez was wrongfully fired by the Veterans Affairs Department, and the agency violated her 5th amendment rights.
April 05, 2011 -
The Department of Veterans is moving its electronic health record system to the open source community.
April 01, 2011 -
Two separate incidents at Veterans Affairs result in credit protection services for 1,600 vets
April 01, 2011 -
The monthly data breach report from the Veterans Affairs shows risks due to human error are not as bad as they could be.
March 31, 2011 -
The Naval Sea Systems Command received the ERE Recruiting Excellence Award for Best Military Talent program for its Wounded Warrior hiring program.
March 30, 2011 -
A program designed to help severely wounded veterans get life-long care isn\'t working the way it should.
March 24, 2011 -
David Dowd, Partner at Mayer Brown LLP, discusses the new competition requirements agencies must follow when placing orders exceeding $150,000. March 22, 2011
March 23, 2011 -
Female veterans still face significant frustration getting medical care, even in Veterans Affairs facilities with female-specific services.
March 23, 2011 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs, which processed a record one million claims in 2010, is still seeing claims come in faster than it can process them and expects even more new filings in 2011. Despite that, VA hopes to eliminate its backlog of claims by 2015.
March 23, 2011 -
VA\'s Roger Baker discussed how to advance IT projects amidst uncertain budget times.
March 17, 2011