VA Office of Inspector General

Two feds who bring real passion to their jobs

Two federal executives exemplify the power of passion in how they approach their jobs.

Tom Temin Commentary

AP/Charles Dharapak

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)

IG tells Veterans Health Administration to strengthen background checks to avoid hiring persons barred from employment

Federal Newscast

The Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, W.Va., is seen on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced at a news conference Tuesday that Reta Mays, 46, of Harrison County, W.Va., a former nursing assistant at the Louis A. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, pled guilty to murder and assault in the deaths of eighth veterans under her care in federal court in Clarksburg. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

VA staff shortages show no job is menial

Federal Report