Then on March 7, VA extended for 90 days the terms of all research employees whose appointments were otherwise due to expire. "We aim to make it even more effective.

The Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, D.C., on July 21, 2019. GETTY What To Know. The VA has announced that, effective immediately, veterans no longer need a second VA physician to ...

Jobs at the VA's Veterans Crisis phone line would get protection under a new law as VA looks to slash 15% of its workforce, or 80,000 jobs.

DOGE discovered that the Department of Veterans Affairs paid a contractor about $380K a month to modify a website, which is now down internally in about 10 hours per week.

VA employees are ‘fearful, paranoid, demoralized’ as officials share few specifics to axe 83,000 employees. Morale has been ‘plummeting’ at the department as staff anxiously wait to hear ...

The VA said it overpaid nearly $1.4 billion in fiscal year 2024 alone, as lawmakers pressed the agency to explain how it would fix issues that create financial nightmares for veterans.

The VA said veterans who fail to report eligibility changes are part of the problem. But these veterans said they did notify the VA and it continued overpaying them anyway.

VA’s 988 crisis line would also remain separate. Richardson, the Caregiver Support Program executive, told employees she had to withhold details from them. “There are certain things I cannot ...

The under secretary for health manages the bulk of the VA's workers, responsible for more than 370,000 employees at 172 medical centers and roughly 1,100 health clinics, nursing homes and ...

To streamline the process for referring patients to clinicians in private practice, the Department of Veterans Affairs, effective immediately, will remove a requirement for a veteran to have two ...