PACT Act

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

Lung tissue analysis has shown [in detail] some serious threats to the health of military service members.

Defense

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

Veterans Affairs

Exclusive

House lawmakers seek higher pay for VA radiation specialists treating vets with cancer

Pay

(AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

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)

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

Pay

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VA makes data-sharing pledge for ‘seamless’ veteran health care across 13 health care systems

Veterans Affairs

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

Pay

(Spokane VA Medical Center Photo)

VA hospitals do pretty darn well in a national survey

Veterans Affairs

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

IT Modernization

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

Hiring/Retention

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

Veterans Affairs

How the Veterans Benefits Administration is coping with PACT Act claims

Veterans Affairs

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)

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

The IRS is facing substantial cuts to funds meant to rebuild its workforce and modernize its legacy IT systems over the next decade, as part of a deal…

Congress

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

The VA is setting a systemwide goal to have every network using at least half of PACT Act hiring authorities implemented by the end of the year.

Hiring/Retention

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

Pay

The Department of Veterans Affairs is rolling out a new pay model for its IT and cybersecurity employees later this year — whether or not a governmentwide effort to increase tech workers’ salaries moves forward.