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Veterans Affairs

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.

Hiring/Retention

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

Veterans Affairs

Senate passes $3B VA supplemental funding bill, averting delay in veterans’ benefits

Veterans Affairs

$3B VA supplemental passes House, senators urge final vote by Friday deadline

Hiring/Retention

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

Veterans Affairs

Veterans Affairs updates its database for burn pit research

Federal Newscast

Veterans may have more chances for benefits, but it means more opportunities for scammers unfortunately

Veterans Affairs

Veterans Affairs

VBA steps up veteran outreach to complete 300,000 pending PACT Act benefits claims

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Defense

New insight into pulmonary health threat to U.S. troops stationed overseas

Veterans Affairs

VA launches historic health care expansion under accelerated PACT Act eligibility timeline

Pay

Exclusive VA sets higher pay caps for radiation specialists treating vets with cancer under bipartisan House bill

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)

Pay

VA tapping into special pay authorities to make more in-demand hires

Veterans Affairs

Exclusive VA makes data-sharing pledge for 'seamless' veteran health care across 13 health care systems

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Pay

VA cancels nearly $10M in bonuses paid to more career executives than intended

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Veterans Affairs

VA hospitals do pretty darn well in a national survey

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IT Modernization

VA vows 'full review' of website after IT issues impact disability claims for nearly 57,000 veterans

Hiring Retention

Hiring/Retention

VHA expects to ‘far surpass’ — and possibly double — its year-end hiring goal

Veterans Affairs

VHA on track to hit hiring targets, sets sights on shortages in ‘critical’ occupations

Veterans Affairs

Veterans Affairs

How the Veterans Benefits Administration is coping with PACT Act claims

FILE - In this photo March 22, 2013 file photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington. Lawmakers are increasingly looking at boosting the IRS to help pay for infrastructure improvements. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Congress

IRS faces $20B cut from modernization fund under debt ceiling agreement

VA, IT, data

Hiring/Retention

VHA tells facilities to implement most PACT Act workforce authorities by year's end

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Pay

Exclusive VA opts into Special Salary Rate for IT workforce, regardless of unclear governmentwide rollout

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Federal Insights

VA and partners are trying to bring more Veterans into the fold as PACT Act expands benefits
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