The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced that the Office of Special Counsel certified VA under OSC’s 2302(c) Whistleblower Protection Certification Program on Oct. 3.  Following through on recent recommendations from the OSC, VA worked to achieve compliance and protect employees who identify...

The Department of Veterans Affairs proposed a series of disciplinary actions Tuesday against six employees at Department facilities in Cheyenne, Wyo., and Fort Collins, Colo.  These actions are a part of VA’s effort to rebuild the trust of America’s veterans. “Employees who have been found to...

In response to the Office of Special Counsel’s recent recommendations for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sloan Gibson today announced VA will restructure the Department’s Office of Medical Inspector to better serve veterans. “At VA, we depend on VA employees...

The Department of Veterans Affairs is collaborating with Kaiser Permanente, a leading member of the health care industry, to pool resources and ideas to solve some of the largest and most complex challenges in VA health care. “VA is always on the lookout for opportunities for partnerships with...

Some Veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) who are diagnosed with any of five other ailments will have an easier path to receive additional disability pay under new regulations developed by the Department of Veterans Affairs. The new regulation, which takes effect 30 days from today, impacts some...

In recognition of September as Suicide Prevention Month, the Department of Veterans Affairs is mobilizing people and organizations nationwide to support Veterans in crisis and spread the word about VA mental health services. Throughout the month, VA suicide prevention coordinators at all 151 VA medical...

VA is looking for the best and brightest in the medical field to join its ranks and provide cutting-edge health care to more than 8 million Veteran Health Administration enrollees. In its newest attempt at attracting talented medical professionals VA Careers is launching the “No Other System” campaign. The...

Veteran Mark Fields relaxes while VA “street nurse” Janel Perez listens. Photo by Scott Hathaway/Greater Los Angeles VA. The bad news: More than 6,000 Veterans are sleeping on the streets of Los Angeles, by some estimates. The good news: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development...

On this day 150 years ago, the mostly costly battle in terms of American casualties in the Civil War ended in the town of Gettysburg, Penn. After three days of brutal fighting in the fields and the streets of that town, the consequences of the battle begin to emerge; nearly 50,000 casualties on both...

As part of its ongoing transformation from paper-based to electronic claims processing, the Department of Veterans Affairs has continued to improve the automated payment of benefits for Veterans participating in the Post-9/11 GI Bill education program.  As a result, VA is now providing benefit payments...