Peter Shelby

Former VA CHCO steered $5M training and development contract to friends, IG says

The contract resulted in $5 million of waste, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs inspector general.

Veterans Affairs

Another top executive leaves VA, where leadership vacancies are already widespread

Veterans Affairs

FILE - In this April 28, 2014 file photo, the Phoenix VA Health Care Center in Phoenix. The Veterans Affairs Department unveiled a new website Wednesday, April 12, 2107, aimed at providing information on the quality of care at VA medical centers, touting new accountability even as it grappled with fresh questions of patient safety in its beleaguered health system. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Why direct-hire authority isn’t enough to resolve VA’s staffing shortages

Hiring/Retention

VA drops the FEVS in favor of its own employee engagement survey

VA official says it’s his mission to re-centralize HR offices

Shulkin promises reorganization plan for VA central office after troubling IG report

Veterans Affairs

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Concept of unemployment and business downsizing symbol as a group of businesswomen and businessmen drawings being swept away by a broom as a symbol for employee reduction with 3D illustration elements.

VA, Interior detail workforce reductions and consolidations under gov’t reorganization

Workforce

Federal contractor charged with leaking classified information to the press

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this April 2, 2015, file photo, a visitor leaves the Sacramento Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Rancho Cordova, Calif. The number of veterans seeking health care but ending up on waiting lists of one month or more is 50 percent higher now than it was a year ago when a scandal over false records and long wait times wracked the Department of Veterans Affairs, The New York Times reported Saturday, June 20, 2015, online ahead of its Sunday editions. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

VA appoints new HR assistant secretary

Veterans Affairs