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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)

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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VHA already meeting year-end target to grow its health care workforce

Hiring/Retention

VA’s new EHR ‘not ready’ for next go-live, extending pause in rollouts

Veterans Affairs

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

Veterans Affairs

VA EHR linked to veterans ‘fatally harmed,’ senators say, but agency still sees way forward for project

Veterans Affairs

VHA directs medical facilities to address ‘unique bottlenecks’ in hiring nationwide

Veterans Affairs

VA on-track to hire 52K health care workers in FY 2023 to handle more vets seeking care

Veterans Affairs

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

Pay & Benefits

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 looks to build on pandemic lessons learned to fast-track hiring, onboarding

Veterans Affairs

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

Veterans Affairs

VA embarks on year-end push to implement workforce elements of PACT Act

The Department of Veterans Affairs is embarking on a year-end push to implement all the workforce provisions of the recently passed PACT Act as the agency…

Veterans Affairs

First Look

VHA nearly doubles goal of onboarding health care workers during ‘surge’ event

The Veterans Health Administration, eager to hire more in-demand health care workers, is accelerating the process of bringing prospective hires onboard.

Hiring/Retention

VA holding ‘all hands on deck’ event to onboard critically needed hires more quickly

Veterans Affairs

The Veterans Health Administration will hold a national onboarding surge event in November to get candidates who have already accepted job offers to start work sooner.