Congressman Andy Harris' Response to Coverage of Veterans Affairs Funding Veterans have always been and will continue to be prioritized in spending negotiations to ensure that the men and women who...
Victims Asked to Come Forward After VA Doctor Charged with Sexually Assaulting Patients A Department of Veterans Affairs doctor in Georgia has been indicted over allegations that he sexually assaulted at least...
Majority of VA Whistleblowers Report Retaliation After Calling Out Agency Wrongdoing In an interim briefing to Congress by the Government Accountability Office, the agency said more than two-thirds of...
House Republican Threatens to Cut VA Budget over Agency's Warnings About Budget Cuts House Republicans are floating investigating the Department of Veterans Affairs or cutting its communications budget as they...
Some Private Companies Charge Hefty Fees to Help Veterans With Disability Claims These businesses suggest they can provide quick turnaround times on claims and higher benefit checks than if veterans choose...
Another Outage Hits Troubled Records System at VA, DoD Health Facilities The outage, in addition to one on April 17, sets the clock "back to zero," after a seven-month successful run, VA Secretary...
VA Training Program Gives Transitioning Service Members a Shot at Job Working on Vets’ Benefits A training program known as the Warrior Training Advancement Course gives transitioning service members the chance to land a...
2 Lawmakers Trying to Expand Access to Outside Doctors for Vets Despite VA Push to Rein in Costs Sen. Jerry Moran, the Veterans Affairs Committee ranking member, and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema are introducing a bill that would...
For 1st Time in 2 Years, VA Has a Full-Time Benefits Chief Joshua Jacobs will lead the Veterans Benefits Administration, or VBA, which manages about $135 billion worth of disability...
Army Dramatically Expands Combat Patch Eligibility The policy shift, issued last week, covers soldiers who served in Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon...
Plans for Mass VA Firings Scuttled, But Department Still Expects 30,000 Employees to Leave on Their Own The announcement walked back previous plans, first revealed in a leaked memo in March, to fire as many as 83,000 employees as...
Colonel Retaliated Against Major for Talking to Congress About Red Hill Contamination, Report Says The report said that investigators substantiated an allegation that an Air Force colonel had retaliated against Army Maj...
Air Force Academy Cutting 140 Positions; Majors Affected? As the Air Force works to cut 5,000 positions before October, the Air Force Academy expects to eliminate 140 jobs.
Mystery on Pacific Seafloor Proves to Be Part of Daring WWII Saga, US Navy Says A mysterious object spotted on the South Pacific seafloor has been identified as the bow of a torpedoed World War II ship...
