House Veterans Affairs Committee

FILE - In this June 21, 2013, file photo, the seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. A House committee unveiled a disputed plan July 21, 2017, to allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to shift $2 billion from other programs to cover a sudden budget shortfall that could threaten medical care for thousands of patients in the coming weeks.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

House Republicans lead $3B VA supplement to fix year-end budget shortfall

VA officials told Congress about the $15 billion total budget shortfall in July. Lawmakers say it’s the largest funding gap in the department’s history.

Budget

House lawmakers call on VA to step up efforts to help vets transition to civilian life

Veterans Affairs

Exclusive

House VA Committee leader demands ‘airtight case’ for VA IT employees getting pay boost

Pay

VA warns of historic $15B budget shortfall. House committee says more hiring ‘above all’ is driving up costs

Budget

VA paid nearly $11M in bonuses to ineligible executives, watchdog finds

Pay

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

Artificial Intelligence

VA sexual harassment investigation recommends firing, recouping bonuses from supervisors

Workforce

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

Hiring/Retention

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

IT Modernization

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

Veterans Affairs

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

Workforce

VA IT officials say missed ‘error check’ delayed discovery of VA.gov issues

The Department of Veterans Affairs’ top IT officials say warning bells didn’t sound when its website experienced problems, leading to a delayed response…

IT Modernization

First Look

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

Top lawmakers on the Senate and House VA committees are demanding stronger guardrails on bonuses, after the Department of Veterans Affairs said it recently…

Pay

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

IT Modernization

VA medical workers feel burnt out putting in longer hours and going through more steps to complete routine tasks using the new Oracle-Cerner EHR.