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VA's Inspector General has become an enduring presence among IGs

After seven years on the job, Michael Missal is one of the senior inspectors general. He joined Veterans Affairs as IG early in the second Obama administration.

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

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Watchdog faults VA chief over handling of sex assault report

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How did VA do with rescheduling appointments canceled because of the pandemic?

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VA still has a slew of appointments to make up

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What's driving VA's EHR delay? Congress, IGs begin oversight in earnest this week

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Lawmakers declare lack of confidence in VA's accountability office

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VA OIG is teaming up with counterpart at DOJ on health care fraud

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VA to more strategically target recruitment, retention incentives to address 49,000 vacancies

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New accountability office hasn't made a dent in VA's 'culture of retaliation,' whistleblowers say

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VA IG looks into last year's status of improper payments

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VA hires IT systems integrator to meet new Forever GI bill implementation deadline

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VA IG: Decentralization to blame for housing stipend, IT shortfalls

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VBA struggles to implement provisions of the GI Bill

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VA IG: Medical police lack planning, oversight

FILE - This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. Military officials want to limit congressional efforts to address sexual assaults among service members’ children, even as new data show the problem is larger than previously acknowledged. Members of Congress demanded answers after an Associated Press investigation revealed that many reports of child-on-child sexual violence on military installations languish in a dead zone of justice. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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Pentagon IG sees success with new way of handling whistleblower retaliation complaints

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Reoccurring management challenges at the heart of VA's recent GI bill confusion, agency admits

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VA's monthly caregivers program lacks sufficient access

Veterans Affairs Inspector Genderal Michael J. Missal, addresses the House Veterans' Affairs Committee's hearing on Department of Veterans Affairs community care program, on Captiol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Michael Missal: VA's IG report finds differences, similarities among medical center challenges

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Exclusive Senators ask for IG review of VA's implementation of accountability act

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Veterans Affairs

'Breakdown of systems and leadership' pushes lawmakers to examine veterans' health networks

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