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Sweeping VA reform bill with pay flexibility for health care workers passes House

Lawmakers axed language in the House-passed Dole Act that set higher standards for the VA to resume the rollout of its troubled new Electronic Health Record.

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VA finalizes new abortion rule for all states

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VA sexual harassment investigation recommends firing, recouping bonuses from supervisors

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House committee subpoenas VA for records in sexual harassment investigation

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Blindsided by pay problems, certain VA medical employees might be allowed union help

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First Look VA committee leaders demand 'guardrails' for bonuses as agency claws back payouts to career executives

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VA EHR ‘not adequate, nor scalable’ in its current form, agency leaders tell lawmakers

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VA plans to spend last $2B in COVID-19 funds House Republicans want to claw back

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VA pauses all future deployments of its new EHR in latest ‘reset’ of troubled rollout

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Lawmakers closing ranks on a bipartisan bill to fix VA's troubled EHR rollout

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Veterans Affairs

Senate Democrats join calls for pause on new VA EHR rollouts until metrics improve

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Biden pitches VA goals as part of bipartisan ‘unity agenda’ to divided Congress

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VA bill granting full collective bargain rights to health care workers passes House

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VA will provide 'covered' abortions, protect healthcare providers from state laws in new policy

In this May 29, 2017 photo, Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Bost speaks to veterans at VFW Post 4183 in Belleville, Ill. Democrat Brendan Kelly is trying to retake a Southern Illinois House seat that Democrats held for more than 30 years before Bost won it in 2014. (Steve Nagy/Belleville News-Democrat, via AP)
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House lawmakers pan VA EHR as 'bad investment' with upcoming $39B cost estimate

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Veterans Affairs

Major VA workforce, health care bill passes House once more

Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, testifies before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)
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Veterans Affairs

VA confidence in new EHR 'shaken' following cases of patient harm, McDonough says

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Congress

First Look Lawmakers renew push to strip investigation authority from VA whistleblower office

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Veterans Affairs

Congress wants more oversight over VA's plans to implement automation

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House lawmakers seek VA EHR pause, 'gravely concerned' for patient safety

Sheet metal worker Carey Mercer assembles ductwork at Contractors Sheet Metal on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in New York. The construction industry is fighting to recruit more women into a sector that faces chronic labor shortages. As spending on infrastructure rises, construction firms will need to hire at least 430,000 new skilled laborers in 2021, according to an analysis of federal data by the Associated Builders and Contractors. Right now, only 4% of construction laborers in the U.S. are women, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)
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Contractors have less than two months to create affirmative action programs

SAN DIEGO (Dec. 28, 2021) Machinist’s Mate (Nuclear) 1st Class Kayla Matos, from Brooklyn, N.Y., receives a COVID-19 booster shot in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Though not mandatory, the Navy recommends all Navy personnel receive the COVID-19 vaccine booster. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Lake Fultz) 211228-N-DN347-1008
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Navy appeals court decision barring punishment for SEALs who refused vaccine

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Veterans Affairs

VA's struggling supply chain modernization initiative is under review

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