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The VA has terminated union agreements, savings millions of dollars and over 700k work hours spent on union activity each year. Here is the rationale and where legal challenges stand.
OPM has issued a final rule outlining procedures for VA federal employees to appeal agency recoupment of financial awards.
A recent MSPB case illustrates the negative impact the backlog has had on case decisions.
A VA police officer has been indicted on allegations that he used excessive force in beating a man with a department-issued baton.
A Missouri man pleaded guilty to taking VA disability benefits despite being able to do heavy weightlifting exercises.
The VA will allow religious accommodations for federal employees opposed to participating in the agency’s abortion services.
A former federal employee at the VA is headed to prison for what he was caught doing while using the agency’s public wifi network.
The VA said that federal employees at the agency will soon have to spend less time on telework and more days working in person.
Two former VA employees pleaded guilty to a $2.9 million purchase scheme they conducted using fictitious companies and purchase orders.
The Justice Department has issued a legal opinion making its case for why it believes that the VA can legally provide abortion services even when they contradict state laws.
