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Federal News Network – As federal agencies and appropriators face a tough year of budget standoffs in the coming months, the Department of Veterans Affairs is preparing for its own funding [...]

CBS-10 –  Tuesday lawmakers grilled VA Secretary Robert Wilkie over their concerns about healthcare for veterans.  They say the VA continues to fail when it comes to addressing veteran [...]

ConnectingVets.com – While a battle rages over whether the VA should provide benefits to Blue Water Navy vets who served off the coast of Vietnam and were effected by Agent Orange, another [...]

Stars and Stripes – Starting Friday, the Department of Veterans Affairs began collecting feedback on its proposed rules to expand veterans’ access to private doctors. The public has until [...]

Military Times – The U.S. government is moving forward on a review of water contamination at military bases, a study that may one day help answer a heartbreaking question: Did exposure to [...]

Government Executive – Job openings at the Veterans Affairs Department continued to climb to nearly 49,000 vacancies, according to the most recent agency data, despite a focus on hiring and [...]

NPR – The Department of Veterans Affairs released rules for a law that changes how the VA pays for outside, private care. Critics say the move is a stealth effort to privatize the VA. Read [...]

Military Times – Veterans who earned a Purple Heart during their military service will now have their veterans disability claims moved ahead of other requests, Veterans Affairs Secretary [...]

Military Times – Under the VA Mission Act signed into law last year, the president is authorized to appoint an Asset and Infrastructure Review Commission for the department in 2022. To [...]

KPBS – An internal report from the San Diego VA obtained by inewsource reveals liver samples were taken from sick veterans without their permission for a study that provided no benefit to [...]