Many Vets Feel Short-Changed in Survey
The Wall Street Journal – After leaving the Army in 2010 following a 13-year career, Armand Andrews has held several different jobs, giving up the most recent one in customer service this [...]
VA Wrongly Tells Vets They’re Dead, Cuts Off Benefits
Military Times – Mike Rieker, a 69-year-old Navy veteran who served in Vietnam, relies on his Veterans Affairs benefits to get him through the month. That’s why the Pinellas County, [...]
VA Officials Got $142M in Bonuses Amid Scandal
The Hill – Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) officials collected more than $142 million in bonuses in 2014, the same year the agency was under fire for protracted delays in giving [...]
Federal Circuit Sets Argument in Substitution Rule Making Challenge
NOVA – On December 7, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit) will hear argument on NOVA’s petition for review of the VA’s final rule governing [...]
VA Secretary Misstates the Number of Wait-Time Manipulation Disciplinary Actions – Again
The Washington Post – During his speech at the National Press Club, McDonald bemoaned the lack of fact-checking of numbers that are used in relation to veterans issues: “I just wish that [...]
Lawmakers Want to Help the VA Fire Poor-Performing Workers
Military.com – Members of the House Veterans Affairs Committee on Wednesday said they could support amending 1978 Civil Service Act in order to make it easier for the Veterans Affairs [...]
VA Doesn’t Know Why More Than 2,500 Employees Were on Paid Leave
Stars and Stripes – More than 2,500 employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs were placed on paid leave for at least a month last year, and the agency acknowledges it didn’t [...]
Fake Veterans Charity Shut Down by Attorney General’s Office
12 News – A fake veterans charity that used aggressive telemarketing calls to bilk seniors across the country out of thousands of dollars has been shut down, according to the Arizona [...]
Restoring VA’s Mission
The Hill – There are not many things that Americans unanimously agree on these days, but one thing everyone does seem to agree on is the honesty, integrity, and virtue of Abraham [...]
After VA Payment Scheme Is Uncovered, Top Official Admits, ‘We Weren’t Paying Attention to Everything We Should Have’
The Washington Post – The Department of Veterans Affairs has suspended a relocation program used by two senior executives to obtain more than $400,000 in questionable moving expenses and [...]