Mark Takano

FILE - In this June 21, 2013, file photo, the seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. The Department of Veterans Affairs is warning of a rapidly growing backlog for veterans who seek to appeal decisions involving disability benefits, saying it will need much more staff even as money remains in question due to a tightening Trump administration budget. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

VA finalizes new abortion rule for all states

The Department of Veterans Affairs will provide abortions and counseling to veterans, in cases of rape, incest, or when the health of the woman is at risk.

Federal Newscast

VA sexual harassment investigation recommends firing, recouping bonuses from supervisors

Workforce

llinois Rep. Mike Bost argues legislation while on the House floor during session at the state Capitol in Springfield Ill.

House committee subpoenas VA for records in sexual harassment investigation

Workforce

FILE - In this June 21, 2013, file photo, the seal a fixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. The Republican-led House on March 16, 2017, has approved legislation to make it easier for the Department of Veterans Affairs to fire, suspend or demote employees for poor performance or bad conduct, part of a renewed effort targeting VA accountability in the new Trump administration. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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

Federal Newscast

First Look

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

Pay

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

IT Modernization

AP/Charles Dharapak

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

Veterans Affairs

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

IT Modernization

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

IT Modernization

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

Veterans Affairs

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

Veterans Affairs

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

The VA Employee Fairness Act would provide full collective bargaining rights for 100,000 VA doctors, physician assistants, nurses, dentists and chiropractors.

Veterans Affairs

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

The Department of Veterans Affairs will now provide abortions for veterans in life-threatening situations due to a pregnancy or in cases of rape and incest.

Veterans Affairs

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)

House lawmakers pan VA EHR as ‘bad investment’ with upcoming $39B cost estimate

Veterans Affairs

Rising costs estimated for the Veterans Affairs Department to fully migrate to its new Electronic Health Record (EHR) system are making the project a tough sell to Congress, as lawmakers consider alternatives.