PACT Act

Washington DC/USA Mar 25 2019/Signboard of United States Department of Veterans Affairs(VA).The VA stands in front of Lafayette Square Park in the north of the White House.

VHA shrinks its time-to-hire for the first time in FY 2023 amid record hiring

The Department of Veterans Affairs is on track to exceed its hiring goals for its health care workforce fiscal 2023, but is also speeding up the time it…

Veterans Affairs

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VA expects to ‘significantly expedite’ hiring process by giving some applicants shorter window to apply

Veterans Affairs

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VBA sees automation tools as ‘game-changer’ to keep up with record workload

Veterans Affairs

Senators seek to raise VA doctor pay caps to boost agency’s hiring efforts

Pay & Benefits

VBA looks to hire thousands more employees to speed up benefits claims processing

Veterans Affairs

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Watchword for 2023: Resilience

Tom Temin Commentary

A detailed look at the PACT Act, the MISSION Act and what else is ahead for the biggest civilian agency with VA’s undersecretary for health

Veterans Affairs

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

Veterans Affairs

VA ‘Infrastructure 2.0’ plan in works to expand network of health care facilities

Veterans Affairs

What the rollout of the PACT Act teaches us about the link between the employee and customer experience

Commentary

FILE - This June 21, 2013, file photo, shows the seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. In a federal lawsuit filed this week, U.S. Navy veteran from South Carolina says he ended up with “full-blown AIDS,” because government health care workers never informed him of his positive test result in 1995. He says the test was done as part of standard lab tests at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Columbia, South Carolina. A V.A. spokeswoman says the agency typically does not comment on pending litigation. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

VA hiring to ‘maximum capacity’ to assist vets seeking PACT Act benefits

Benefits

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, file photo, Secretary of Veterans Affairs nominee Denis McDonough speaks during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on Capitol Hill, in Washington. In an announcement Saturday, June 19, 2021, McDonough said that the Department of Veterans Affairs is moving to offer transgender veterans gender confirmation surgery. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool Photo via AP, File)

McDonough says VA making progress on digitizing veteran service records

The Veterans Affairs Department is making progress on an effort to digitize military service records for veterans, as part of its implementation of a…

IT Modernization

Veterans deal with unique financial and lifestyle challenges

The nation’s veterans have served the country but life after the military often comes with special financial challenges made tougher by inflation.

Veterans Affairs

VA considering steps to shorten wait times for veterans needing medical care

Veterans Affairs

Veterans currently experience long wait times for pain management treatment. Allowing nurse anesthesiologists to treat them would speed the process up.