Veterans Health Administration
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The Department of Veterans Affairs is operating on several fronts to keep its services to veterans up to date. One channel for that is the Veterans Health Administration program called the Innovation Ecosystem.
October 09, 2020 -
Should animals be used in medical research? The Veterans Health Administration has responded to criticism of the practice but Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke to Americans for Medical Progress, an organization that advocates in favor of the ethical use of animals in medical research.
September 28, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, medical centers at the Department of Veterans Affairs see a slight improvement in staffing shortages over the last year.
September 25, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, two million appointments canceled during the initial wave of the coronavirus pandemic still need rescheduling at the Veterans Health Administration.
September 03, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee is calling for another delay to employee furloughs at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
August 19, 2020 -
In wide-ranging discussion with reporters, Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie downplayed the severity of a recent spike in coronavirus cases among veterans. He also urged the rest of government to look to VA as a model for telework, noting most employees were "very happy with it."
July 08, 2020 -
After struggling to fill tens of thousands of vacancies for years, the Veterans Health Administration has hired more than 23,000 new employees in three-to-four months. Senators are impressed with the results but wished it didn't take a pandemic to make much-needed changes to VA hiring and onboarding procedures.
July 02, 2020 -
Physical distancing has made access to health care particularly difficult for women veterans so VHA has stepped up outreach to them.
June 12, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Veterans Affairs officials tell Congress they're in the process of securing enough materials to test agency employees.
June 12, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a possible silver lining of the coronavirus pandemic, FEMA has a headstart as the 2020 hurricane season officially gets underway.
June 09, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Department of Housing and Urban Development's inspector general says the agency was generally well prepared for the change to mandatory telework.
June 04, 2020 -
Congress — most of it, anyway — returns to Washington with a long agenda. At the top of the list is what will be in a fourth stimulus bill if there is one.
May 26, 2020 -
A four-fold increase in telework capacity, as well as a new chat bot and data visualization tool, are all helping the Department of Veterans Affairs respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
May 22, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the military has made some gains in recruiting women over the past 15 years -- but they’re still much less likely to serve for a full career than men are.
May 20, 2020 -
In earliest days of the coronavirus pandemic, the Veterans Health Administration took apart its hiring process and found a way to waive or delay steps to onboard new employees within three days. With any luck, hiring at VHA will never be the same, the agency said.
May 19, 2020