Sloan Gibson

VA Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson/APVA

VA asks Congress to repeal cuts to agency’s award and incentive spending

Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson wrote to Congress this week, asking that it begin work immediately to repeal cuts to the agency’s award…

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U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald/APVA

VA’s McDonald: 2016 can be a turning point for department

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VA Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson/APVA

VA fires 3 more senior officials at troubled Phoenix hospital

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John McCain

Senate committee insists it’s not trying to privatize VA health care

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Robert McKenrick, Diana Rubens, Kimberly Graves, Antione Waller, Linda Haliday, Danny Pummill

VA’s struggles with MSPB open door for SES oversight changes

Senior leaders at the Veterans Affairs Department say the bill that was supposed to help them hold agency senior executives more accountable isn’t working….

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Robert McKenrick, Diana Rubens, Kimberly Graves, Antione Waller, Linda Haliday, Danny Pummill

2 VA execs return to work, could still face additional punishments

Kimberly Graves and Diana Rubens, who were reinstated to their positions as directors of the St. Paul and Philadelphia regional veterans benefits offices,…

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Veteran Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald/APRobert McDonald

MSPB reverses punishment for third VA senior executive

Some members of Congress are taking aim at the Merit Systems Protection Board, after it released its third decision in nearly a month to reverse punishments for senior executives at the Veterans Affairs Department. MSPB is standing by its decisions, arguing that it must comply with the 2014 Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act.

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