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Department of Veterans Affairs – Following a 40-year career serving Veterans as a VA physician, teacher, and administrator, Dr. Robert A. Petzel, will retire in 2014 as planned, following a [...]

Fort Bragg Patch – Last week U.S. Senator Kay Hagan announced that she has sent letters to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Eric Shinseki and on the backlog [...]

Fox News – A Republican-led House committee is looking into the Department of Veterans Affairs awarding roughly $573,000 in bonuses as the agency continues to try to fix a list of problems [...]

Boston Globe – Sanders’s role comes at an important juncture for the Department of Veterans Affairs: A new generation of veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan is straining resources, while [...]

KPBS – The California Department of Veterans Affairs announced Friday that it is hiring a dozen staffers for its San Diego office to help reduce a backlog of claims that have kept some [...]

Navy Times – The Senate took time out from debate about next week’s looming government shutdown to try to extend the life of several veterans’ programs due to expire on Oct. 1. The measure [...]

The Washington Post – Members of a House committee lambasted the Department of Veterans Affairs Thursday for a lack of transparency and unwillingness to cooperate with Congress.  Rep. Mike [...]

Air Force Times – On the hot seat is Joan Mooney, VA’s assistant secretary for congressional and legislative affairs, whose job includes responding to lawmakers. A former congressional [...]

Military Times – In case of a government shutdown, many VA programs are exempt or partly shielded from the impact: Disability pay, military pensions and GI Bill and survivors benefits would [...]

The Washington Post – “Veterans will be able to file claims electronically, but not in person because VA Regional Offices might be closed to all but essential personnel,” said Joe Davis, [...]