VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act

New court rulings raise bar for evidence needed to fire VA employees

Two key court rulings find VA employees need to be treated the same as other federal workers when it comes to discipline and firing.

Management

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FLRA again sides with union on decision reinstating certain VA employees

Veterans Affairs

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FLRA orders VA to reinstate employees impacted by initial accountability act implementation

Veterans Affairs

VA declares victory, but AFGE isn’t accepting latest impasse panel decision

Veterans Affairs

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President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden exchange points during the first presidential debate Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool)

A federal employee’s guide to Trump and Biden’s 2020 campaign platforms

Management

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VA’s accountability office recommended 7 senior leaders for discipline within 18-month period

Veterans Affairs

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Lawmakers declare lack of confidence in VA’s accountability office

Veterans Affairs

VA’s new accountability office puts whistleblowers at risk, IG says

Veterans Affairs

New accountability office hasn’t made a dent in VA’s ‘culture of retaliation,’ whistleblowers say

Veterans Affairs

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HHS gets recommendations on how to better spend its money

Federal Newscast

New VA bargaining proposals set up heated battle over employee leave, telework

Unions

GAO: USPS’ retiree health benefits fund could be depleted by 2030

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Government Accountability Office said the Postal Service’s retiree health benefits fund has over $60 billion in unfunded…

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2016, file photo, people stand on the steps of the Supreme Court at sunset in Washington. Conservative groups are wasting little time in trying to deal a crippling blow to labor unions now that Justice Neil Gorsuch has joined the Supreme Court. A First Amendment clash over public sector unions left the justices deadlocked last year after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. But union opponents have quickly steered a new case through federal courts in Illinois and they plan to appeal it to the high court on Tuesday, June 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, file)

Trump admin requests expedited appeal of EO decision, as VA petitions accountability ruling

Citing “governmentwide reach,” the Trump administration requested an expedited briefing in its appeal of the federal district court’s injunction of the…

‘State of the VA is better,’ Wilkie says, but not ‘good’ or ‘excellent’

Veterans Affairs

New Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie addressed Congress for the first time since his confirmation about 60 days ago.