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The Washington Post – Veterans who are seeking care for everything from post-traumatic stress disorder to cancer may face even longer wait times in the coming years for help from the [...]

Military Times – The Veterans Affairs Department is pushing back against a legislative proposal to hold VA senior executives accountable by capping the number of top managers eligible for [...]

Arkansas Online – Women are streaming home from war and through Department of Veterans Affairs doors in record numbers. But a health care system that for generations catered almost [...]

The Hill – A group of senators are pushing President Obama to nominate an inspector general for the Department of Veterans Affairs, saying the post must be filled after not having permanent [...]

Free Beacon – The Department of Veterans Affairs spent $1.3 billion to render its electronic claims system ‘partially effective,’ a new VA inspector general report finds. The [...]

Military Times – Officials from AMVETS are endorsing plans for a radical overhaul of the Veterans Affairs Department medical system, stating that “VA’s self-determined role as [...]

Federal Times – Recent scandals have put the Department of Veterans Affairs on the defensive when it comes to service and accountability. The trend seemed to continue at a Sept. 16 Senate [...]

VA.gov – In February 2013, we reported VA could not provide reasonable assurance the Veterans Benefits Management System (VBMS) would meet its goals of increasing claims processing accuracy [...]

The Washington Times – A former Army clerk has admitted embezzling $150,000 in disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs over 13-year period. Federal prosecutors say Paul [...]

Military.com – Curbing military suicides among Guard and Reserve members may require a change in federal law to extend Veterans Affairs benefits to those who have never deployed or been [...]