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VA puts AI use cases into ‘operational phase’ to meet its health care mission

VA has identified over 100 AI use cases so far. VA Chief Technology Officer Charles Worthington told members of the House VA Committee last week that 40…

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Veterans Homeless Grants

VA sexual harassment investigation recommends firing, recouping bonuses from supervisors

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Getty Images/iStockphoto/Kiyoshi TannoWashington DC/USA Mar 25 2019/Signboard of United States Department of Veterans Affairs(VA).The VA stands in front of Lafayette Square Park in the north of the White House.

VA watchdogs raise alarms about steps missed screening hires with drug felonies

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Getty Images/iStockphoto/Kiyoshi TannoWashington DC/USA Mar 25 2019/Signboard of United States Department of Veterans Affairs(VA).The VA stands in front of Lafayette Square Park in the north of the White House.

VA outlines fixes to VA.gov errors impacting benefits for more than 120,000 veterans

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Still a lot of work to do to gain the trust of VA whistleblowers

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Veterans Homeless Grants

VA whistleblower office no longer ‘agency in crisis.’ But lawmakers question its results

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Veterans Homeless Grants

VA committee leaders demand ‘guardrails’ for bonuses as agency claws back payouts to career executives

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VA wraps first-wave EHR fixes, but employees ‘strongly disagree’ it’s ready to move forward

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VA, AFGE reach ‘historic’ settlement to reinstate, compensate thousands of wrongfully fired feds

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Getty Images/iStockphoto/Kiyoshi TannoWashington DC/USA Mar 25 2019/Signboard of United States Department of Veterans Affairs(VA).The VA stands in front of Lafayette Square Park in the north of the White House.

VA says ‘true independent’ oversight coming to major acquisitions after lawmaker probes

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House GOP pushes bill to fast-track firing at VA. Agency leaders doubt it’ll help

Top Republicans on the House Veterans Affairs Committee are leading a bill to let the Department of Veterans Affairs once again fire employees more quickly.

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Election 2022 House Louisiana

Two GOP lawmakers look to defund armed regulatory officers at certain federal agencies

In today’s Federal Newscast: Two GOP lawmakers are looking to defund armed regulatory officers at certain federal agencies. The Office of Personnel Management…

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(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Veteran Affairs building near the White House in Washington, Feb. 14, 2018. An internal watchdog's investigation has found that Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin improperly accepted Wimbledon tennis tickets and likely wrongly used taxpayer money to cover his wife's airfare for an 11-day European trip. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Congress keeping close tabs on VA’s third try to replace decades-old financial management system

VA’s third effort to replace its decades-old financial management system is in much better shape than its other multibillion dollar IT modernization programs. But lawmakers say they’re watching it closely, and that failure isn’t an option.

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