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The Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs has introduced legislation to pay veterans who have suffered a traumatic injury to their reproductive organs $20,000 to be…
The Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs sent a letter last week to the Senate VA Committee Chairman making the case for legislation that would make…
The House Budget Committee released its budget proposal for 2017 last week, but details at the time were lacking about what it might mean for federal workers. However,…
Change is afoot in Congress for the federal human resources system for rating and removing federal employees. Federal employees who have been around for awhile may think we…
The House Budget Committee has released its FY 2017 budget proposal. Unlike past budgets, this one lacks some of the direct targeting of federal employees through proposed cuts,…
A son whose father left him absolutely nothing in last-minute paperwork executed at a VA Hospital tried unsuccessfully to sue the VA employees who witnessed the father’s testamentary…
Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina said in the latest debate that she would fire 400 senior executives at the Department of Veterans Affairs if she were elected president.
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) sent a letter to Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald this week demanding information on why two disciplinary cases against senior executives at the VA…
The author says that he doesn't believe that wholesale firings would be a good solution to the government's personnel problems.
A senior IG official at the Department of Veterans Affairs was reportedly observed masturbating in a visible conference room in view of a teachers conference. The official resigned…