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Shamed VA Execs Appeal Demotion
The shamed VA execs charged with manipulating personnel transition protocols for their own financial and personal benefit have now appealed the demotions that resulted. Kim…
Assessment Of Homeless Veterans In San Diego
Volunteers are planning to conduct a “point-in-time” census of the homeless in San Diego that will help assess homeless veterans as well. The Department of…
Big Bucks In Veterans’ Blood Biobank
VA appears to be gearing up for a big push of its blood biobank to play a major role in new disease-fighting initiatives involving advanced…
Veterans Affairs Caught Spying On Whistleblowers
The Department of Veterans Affairs is at the center of a new Congressional probe of allegations that the agency is spying on whistleblowers’ email systems….
VA Exec Says Corruption Allegations Are ‘Crap’
VA exec Sloan Gibson fired a shot across the bow this week at two members of Congress when he denied that corruption linked to the…
BlackBerry Wins $20 Mil Veterans Affairs Contract
BlackBerry just announced its new multi-year contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide phones and services to the technologically impaired agency. In reality,…
Veterans Affairs Privacy Violations On The Rise
The Star Tribune published a report about an epic increase in privacy violations by Department of Veterans Affairs including sending vets’ records to the wrong…
VA Hiring Setaside Farce, Veterans Only Guaranteed Janitor Jobs
An analysis of hiring practices by the Department of Veterans revealed the agency is only explicitly reserving janitor type jobs for veterans called “housekeeping aides”….
VA Failed To Spend $1.9 Billion Designated For Non-VA Care
An audit shows the Veterans Health Administration failed to spend 40 percent of its non-VA care budget, or $1.9 billion, for fiscal year 2013. It…
POW Acronym Claimed By Environmental Group
The environmentalist group Protect Our Winters has laid claim to the POW acronym, the longstanding acronym associated with Prisoner of War and highlighted on flags…
Veterans Affairs $4 Billion Computer Mess
Veterans Affairs Inspector General provided testimony to Congress that VA’s 30-year Paperless VA quest from VETSNET to Veterans Benefits Management System (VBMS) is a total…
Dr. David Houlihan Appeals Termination From Candy Land
Insider reports across Candy Land (ie Tomah VAMC in Wisconsin) indicate former Tomah chief of staff Dr. David Houlihan has appealed his termination following confirmed…