Tim Walz - Federal News Network

Listen Live

Election 2024 Harris

Management

What a Harris-Walz administration would mean for federal employees

Vice President Kamala Harris has led some of the Biden administration’s efforts to empower the federal workers and step up the use of artificial intelligence.

Veterans Affairs

VA offers more details on the cost, timeline and plan for EHR modernization

Technology

Pentagon struggles with change management, governance during EHR rollout, as VA looks on

Veterans Affairs

House nearing the finish line on new Veterans Choice legislation

Veterans Affairs

VA chief of staff retires after IG faults her involvement in Shulkin's travel

Veterans Affairs

Shulkin to pay back travel expenses, turns attention back to unprecedented VA budget request

All News

Rep. Walz: VA audit would not be a ‘punitive hammer’

Rep. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.)
(Getty Images/Bill Clark)

Veterans Affairs

On tight deadlines, House couples Veterans Choice funding extension with potential CR

FILE- In this March 7, 2017, file photo, Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin addresses the House Veterans' Affairs Committee's hearing on the Veterans Affairs community care program on Capitol Hill in Washington. Shulkin on Thursday, April 13, pledged a top-down review at the local VA medical center after an urgent watchdog report warned that patients were being put at risk due to bad inventory practices from potentially dirty syringes to medical supply shortages. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Veterans Affairs

The other year-end deadline lawmakers haven't solved

David Shulkin

Veterans Affairs

Funding for a new veterans choice program remains the big, unresolved question for VA

Rep. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.)
(Getty Images/Bill Clark)

Veterans Affairs

Lawmakers, VSOs coming around on BRAC-like process for VA but still disagree over details

FILE - In this June 21, 2013, file photo, the seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. The Senate has approved legislation that would extend a program aimed at widening veterans' access to private-sector health care.
The bill passed by voice vote. It would allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to continue operating its Choice program until its money runs out, expected early in 2018. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Congress

Fix for Veterans Choice shortfall fails in the House with little funds left

Aurora, Colo., veterans administration hospital

Leasing/Property Management

Lawmakers call for full review of outdated and crumbling VA facilities

Tim Walz

Veterans Affairs

House passes long-awaited VA accountability bill

Donald Trump, David Shulkin, Mike Pence

Veterans Affairs

Trump's 2018 budget gives VA a big boost for Choice, but cuts IT spending

David Shulkin, Johnny Isakson, Jon Tester

Congress

Senate accountability bill eliminates MSPB appeal rights for VA senior executives

Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin, addresses the House Veterans' Affairs Committee's hearing on the Veterans Affairs community care program, on Captiol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Congress

Lawmakers see progress in veterans crisis hotline, but it's still far from 'fixed'

David Shulkin

Congress

VA accountability bill, temporary Choice extension clear first congressional hurdles

FILE - In this June 21, 2013, file photo, the seal a fixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. Veterans health care remains a "high risk" issue threatening the federal budget and quality of care for former service members, auditors say in a forthcoming report. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Congress

VA 'confident we're going to commercial' for EHR, scheduling fixes

FILE - In this June 21, 2013, file photo, the seal a fixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. Veterans health care remains a "high risk" issue threatening the federal budget and quality of care for former service members, auditors say in a forthcoming report. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Hiring/Retention

VA officially exempts some health, contracting professionals from hiring freeze

hiring freeze

Hiring/Retention

OMB releases initial hiring freeze guidance for agencies

Agency Oversight

VA looks to Congress for PR help as it remedies agency's 'culture of fear'

House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller, R-Fla., walks past Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald after a brief chat prior to the Committee's hearing the pending Veterans Affairs health care budget shortfall, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Congress

Congress seeks deal on bill to discipline Veterans Affairs employees