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Star Tribune – The Department of Veterans Affairs continues to struggle with how it dispenses opioid medications for vets in chronic pain. A new VA Inspector General report faults the VA [...]

The Washington Post – When two members of Congress took a shot at the Department of Veterans Affairs in an op-ed last week, management decided it was not going to duck and cover. Rather [...]

The Seattle Times – Blasts from explosives have long been known to cause mild traumatic brain injury in combat veterans, but a new study by Seattle experts sheds light on how — and where — [...]

Federal Times – The Obama administration manages a “hobbled and broken” FOIA system, according to a report that the House Oversight Committee released Jan. 11. The staff report [...]

The Tampa Tribune – The chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee is demanding that the Department of Veterans Affairs turn over boxes containing benefits materials from St. [...]

Stars and Stripes – The Department of Veterans Affairs has sent two senior executives implicated in the 2014 wait times scandal in Phoenix back to work and says more temporary [...]

The Wall Street Journal – During his Senate confirmation hearing in July 2014 to head the Department of Veterans Affairs, Robert McDonald pledged to “transform” the vast agency. After [...]

VA.gov – During an April 2015 House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs testimony, the Office of Inspector General received a request from Congressman Doug LaMalfa to conduct a follow-up review [...]

The Washington Post – The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee has approved the nomination of Washington lawyer Michael Missal to be the new chief watchdog at the troubled Department of [...]

Governor.pa.gov – Governor Tom Wolf announced today that the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) is once again accepting applications for the Persian Gulf [...]