“I have one purpose and one purpose alone, and that is to make the VA exactly what it’s supposed to be,” Collins told the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee on Thursday. “And that is to ...

“In many cases, these people would leave the VA only to go to another government job in another agency,” Franklin said. “Can you give us a commitment that when people do come forward and ...

Sponsor Message Blumenthal responded that the secretary has failed to explain how he would reach his stated goal of returning the VA to its 2019 size without affecting care. "It simply cannot be done.

Patty Murray grilled Collins about a lack of transparency under his leadership, including a new policy that prevented her from meeting with veterans and health care providers at the Seattle VA ...

VA Secretary Doug Collins appeared in front of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs for the first time Tuesday, where he faced contentious questioning over staffing upheavals at the VA.

Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins told senators Tuesday that downsizing the VA workforce is essential to reforming a bloated system, despite bipartisan concerns that the plan lacks ...

Languages: English and some Welsh. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced a major three-part initiative to simplify and speed up how survivors and dependents of deceased veterans ...

VA initially signed a $10 billion contract — which was later revised to over $16 billion — with Cerner in May 2018 to modernize its legacy health record system and make it interoperable with ...

But dozens of internal emails obtained by ProPublica reveal a far different reality. Doctors and others at VA hospitals and clinics across the country have been sending often desperate messages to ...

Cutting 15% of the staff at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is a “goal,” not a guarantee, according to VA Secretary Doug Collins. During a visit to the Tucson VA Medical Center on ...

When beloved Colorado Springs mental health counselor Michael Sunich died in March 2024, dozens of his patients — veterans who knew their “doc” had continued to treat them, even when the ...

VA has begun holding meetings with representatives from across the department to discuss its workforce reduction plans after standing up a Reorganization Implementation Cell. Senior Executive ...