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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)
Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)
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Hiring/Retention

VA to remain ‘very discerning’ on health care hiring, calls on Congress to address $12B shortfall in December

The VA expects to grow its health care workforce to approximately 404,000 total employees next year, if Congress approves supplemental funding.

Hiring/Retention

VA plans to keep growing health care workforce, if Congress fixes $12B shortfall in FY 2025 budget

Pay

Exclusive House VA Committee leader demands ‘airtight case’ for VA IT employees getting pay boost

Budget

VA warns of historic $15B budget shortfall. House committee says more hiring ‘above all’ is driving up costs

Federal Newscast

Scrutiny intensifies regarding VA 'bonus blunder'

Veterans Affairs

Sweeping VA bill seeks more pay flexibility for health care workers, stricter EHR requirements

Pay

VA paid nearly $11M in bonuses to ineligible executives, watchdog finds

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

House VA committee chairman takes closer look at sexual harassment scandal

VA bonuses, Veterans Homeless Grants
Workforce

VA sexual harassment investigation recommends firing, recouping bonuses from supervisors

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

House committee subpoenas VA for records in sexual harassment investigation

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)
Federal Newscast

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

VA bonuses, Veterans Homeless Grants
Pay

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

va, AI, AI use cases, veterans
IT Modernization

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

VA, IT, data
AP/Charles Dharapak
Veterans Affairs

House GOP pushes bill to fast-track firing at VA. Agency leaders doubt it'll help

US 250th Anniversary
Federal Newscast

House GOP VA Committee members look to make firing of poor-performing VA employees easier

va, AI, AI use cases, veterans
Veterans Affairs

The era of ‘big bang’ IT projects at VA is over

VA, IT, data
AP/Charles Dharapak
Veterans Affairs

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

va, AI, AI use cases, veterans
IT Modernization

VA renews EHR contract, sets higher penalties for performance metrics missed by vendor

VA-EHR
IT Modernization

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

VA- Electronic Health Record
IT Modernization

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

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)
Veterans Affairs

‘The biggest problem every day’: House VA Committee chairman fed up with troubled EHR rollout

va, AI, AI use cases, veterans
Veterans Affairs

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

Biden Budget
Veterans Affairs

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

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