Federal Newscast
House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman keeps his post
Congressman Mike Bost will continue to serve as the committee’s chairman for the next two years.
Hiring/Retention
VA to remain ‘very discerning’ on health care hiring, calls on Congress to address $12B shortfall in December
Budget
House Republicans lead $3B VA supplement to fix year-end budget shortfall
Veterans Affairs
VA staffing up to handle ‘historic’ enrollment in programs for service-disabled vets
Pay
Exclusive House VA Committee leader demands ‘airtight case’ for VA IT employees getting pay boost
Budget
VA warns of historic $15B budget shortfall. House committee says more hiring ‘above all’ is driving up costs
Pay
VA paid nearly $11M in bonuses to ineligible executives, watchdog finds
Artificial Intelligence
VA puts AI use cases into ‘operational phase’ to meet its health care mission
Workforce
VA sexual harassment investigation recommends firing, recouping bonuses from supervisors
Hiring/Retention
VA watchdogs raise alarms about steps missed screening hires with drug felonies
IT Modernization
VA launches ‘Code Yellow’ to fix to VA.gov issues affecting benefits for 120,000 veterans
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Veterans Affairs
Still a lot of work to do to gain the trust of VA whistleblowers
Workforce
VA whistleblower office no longer ‘agency in crisis.’ But lawmakers question its results
IT Modernization
VA IT officials say missed ‘error check’ delayed discovery of VA.gov issues
Pay
First Look VA committee leaders demand 'guardrails' for bonuses as agency claws back payouts to career executives
IT Modernization
VA EHR ‘not adequate, nor scalable’ in its current form, agency leaders tell lawmakers
AP/Charles Dharapak
Veterans Affairs
VA, AFGE reach ‘historic’ settlement to reinstate, compensate thousands of wrongfully fired feds
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Contracting
VA says ‘true independent’ oversight coming to major acquisitions after lawmaker probes
AP/Charles Dharapak
Veterans Affairs
House GOP pushes bill to fast-track firing at VA. Agency leaders doubt it'll help
Federal Newscast
Two GOP lawmakers look to defund armed regulatory officers at certain federal agencies
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Veterans Affairs
Amid other high-profile stumbles, one huge VA IT system is succeeding so far
Veterans Affairs
The era of ‘big bang’ IT projects at VA is over
