Veterans Benefits Administration

VA chief says increased outreach, utilization drove massive budget shortfall

Secretary Denis McDonough says Congress needs to act by mid-September to prevent a delay in benefit payments to veterans.

Veterans Affairs

VA warns of historic $15B budget shortfall. House committee says more hiring ‘above all’ is driving up costs

Budget

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VA ends mandatory overtime for most employees processing benefits claims

Workforce

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Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, testifies before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

VA secretary admits ‘massive mistakes’ over improper executive bonuses, rejects calls for firings

Hiring/Retention

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VBA steps up veteran outreach to complete 300,000 pending PACT Act benefits claims

Veterans Affairs

VA paid nearly $11M in bonuses to ineligible executives, watchdog finds

Pay

VBA looks to move away from mandatory overtime to reduce burnout

Workforce

VA looks to cut 10,000 positions from health care workforce, but seeks bigger budget in 2025

Hiring/Retention

After a year, the VA is calling its new insurance program a success

Veterans Affairs

Government sometimes looks like a backlog backwater

Tom Temin Commentary

Secretary of Veterans Affairs nominee Denis McDonough

VA seeks to manage size of its health care workforce, keeps growing benefits staffing

Hiring/Retention

What does the Veterans Affairs Department do when disaster strikes one of its record-storage facilities?

In July 1973, a fire damaged or destroyed up to 18 million Army and Air Force official military personnel files at the National Archives and Records Administration’s…

Veterans Affairs

VA’s historic hiring surge leads to all-time record for veteran care and benefits

The Department of Veterans Affairs says major hiring efforts across the department allowed it to set all-time records for providing health care and benefits…

Hiring/Retention

You can’t improve services to veterans without the manpower to do it

Veterans Affairs

The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) needs talent in all sorts of areas. Needing to fill differing jobs requires differing recruitment practices.