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VA, AFGE support parts of bipartisan bill to refine how agency fires poor performers

VA’s top human resources official told lawmakers Wednesday that the department endorses core elements of the 2023 Leadership, Engagement, Accountability,…

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

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AP/Charles DharapakFILE - This June 21, 2013, file photo, shows the seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. In a federal lawsuit filed this week, U.S. Navy veteran from South Carolina says he ended up with “full-blown AIDS,” because government health care workers never informed him of his positive test result in 1995. He says the test was done as part of standard lab tests at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Columbia, South Carolina. A V.A. spokeswoman says the agency typically does not comment on pending litigation. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

VA extends PACT Act deadline to Aug. 14 for backdated benefits after website issues

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Senate VA bill directs agency to rethink how it fires poor-performing employees

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VA HR officials support bill to overhaul agency’s 16-year old pay model for doctors

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

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VA sprint team outlines 4 key issues leading to EHR rollout problems

The Department of Veterans Affairs is outlining a plan to address some of the biggest problems to emerge from the troubled rollout of its new Electronic…

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

The VA needs to keep breaking new records for claims processed, if it hopes to keep pace with a workload surge under the burn-pit toxic exposure legislation…

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‘OPM sent a signal’: Still no final regulations on 2017 administrative leave law

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OPM said the holdup on issuing final regulations is due to a conflict with rest and recuperation leave, but proponents of the legislation voiced frustrations with the years-long delay.

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