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VA EHR linked to veterans ‘fatally harmed,’ senators say, but agency still sees way forward for project

VA is telling Congress it understands what went wrong in previous deployments of its new Electronic Health Record, and is confident short-term fixes will…

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VBA sees automation tools as ‘game-changer’ to keep up with record workload

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VA embarks on year-end push to implement workforce elements of PACT Act

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Senate committee calls on VA, DOJ to improve accessibility to federal technology

Veterans Affairs

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A busy week for Congress with a Chips Bill that keeps growing

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VA health staffing shortages back on the rise after years of progress

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VA looks to overhaul pay, ‘antiquated’ hiring processes in major veteran care bill

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With deployments ramping up next year, senators seek more transparency on VA EHR

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Congress fears VA is ‘moving on’ amid persistent EHR challenges, low employee morale at initial go-live site

Veterans Affairs

VA makes the case for another record funding request in 2022

Veterans Affairs

Bipartisan group of senators ask VA to rank and prioritize unfunded IT projects

Veterans Affairs

Vietnam veteran and Purple Heart recipient Alford Washington, Sr., receives a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Alanna Williams at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System's gymnasium in New Orleans, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020. Washington was part of the Pathfinder Unit in Vietnam where he survived a plane crash that killed 7 people in Oct. 28, 1967. He said he had no concerns receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. (Sophia Germer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Senators seek bigger role, more doses for VA in vaccine distribution efforts

The Veterans Health Administration also said it will not require the COVID-19 vaccine as a requirement of employment at the department. VHA has vaccinated…

Veterans Affairs

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2020, file photo sunlight shines on the U.S. Capitol building on Capitol Hill in Washington. President-elect Joe Biden wants to “restore the soul of America.” First, he'll need to fix a broken and divided Congress. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Senators want answers regarding SolarWinds cyber attack

In today’s Federal Newscast, a bipartisan group of six Senators want the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to submit a report…

Federal Newscast

FILE- In this July 8, 2020 file photo, Eric Antosh has a nasal swab taken by a nurse at a COVID-19 testing site in the Brooklyn borough of New York. New York broke a COVID-19 testing record Friday, July 31, 2020, by conducting 82,737 tests, the highest number ever conducted in a single day in the state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Saturday in a written statement. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Lawmakers hope to secure more funding for NIH’s coronavirus efforts

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, a bipartisan group of senators is pushing for more funding for the National Institutes of Health.