Veterans Benefits Administration

(Getty Images/iStockphoto/Kiyoshi Tanno)Washington DC/USA Mar 25 2019/Signboard of United States Department of Veterans Affairs(VA).The VA stands in front of Lafayette Square Park in the north of the White House.

VA looks to cut 10,000 positions from health care workforce, but seeks bigger budget in 2025

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What does the Veterans Affairs Department do when disaster strikes one of its record-storage facilities?

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VA’s historic hiring surge leads to all-time record for veteran care and benefits

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Getty Images/iStockphoto/Kiyoshi TannoWashington DC/USA Mar 25 2019/Signboard of United States Department of Veterans Affairs(VA).The VA stands in front of Lafayette Square Park in the north of the White House.

VBA turns to ‘aggressive hiring,’ automation tools to keep pace with PACT Act claims

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(Getty Images/iStockphoto/Kiyoshi Tanno)Washington DC/USA Mar 25 2019/Signboard of United States Department of Veterans Affairs(VA).The VA stands in front of Lafayette Square Park in the north of the White House.

VA makes ‘full court press’ on recruiting, retaining staff with new workforce incentives

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VBA sees automation tools as ‘game-changer’ to keep up with record workload

The VA needs to keep breaking new records for claims processed, if it hopes to keep pace with a workload surge under the burn-pit toxic exposure legislation…

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IT modernization

Senators seek to raise VA doctor pay caps to boost agency’s hiring efforts

The VA CAREERS Act would set higher base pay caps for VA physicians, podiatrists, optometrists and dentists as the Veterans Affairs Department looks to…

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IT modernization

VBA looks to hire thousands more employees to speed up benefits claims processing

The Veterans Benefits Administration is using new PACT Act authorities and funding to hire an additional 1,900 employees in the first half of fiscal 2023.

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