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Suicidal Veterans Portrayed As Misbehaving Elf By VA Manager
IndyStar reporter Tony Cook caught VA manager Robin Paul belittling suicidal veterans by depicting a suicide attempt with an elf doll hanging himself before Christmas….
VA OIG Withholds 20% Of Health Care Investigations Per Year
VA OIG withholds 20% of health care investigation reports per year on average (14 investigations per year average) according to a recent investigation by USA…
Secret Recording Program Nationwide At VA Medical Care Centers
Under the auspices of health care quality improvement, VA medical care centers across the nation are now secretly recording veterans’ appointments with their doctors. The practice…
House And Senate Seek To Reclaim Ill Gotten VA Bonuses
The Senate just followed up on a bill to recoup VA bonuses after House Republicans pushed forward the same in response to VA employee profiteering on…
New Bill Would Let Veterans Leverage GI Bill For Small Business Loans
A newly proposed bill would allow veterans access to key small business loans by using their Post 9/11 GI Bill as collateral. The bill is will…
Should VA OIG Chief Get A Subpoena?
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson could subpoena a file on VA OIG’s investigation into deadly prescriptive practices utilized by the Tomah VA mental health care providers….
Little Rock VA Caught Defrauding 48 Veterans
VA OIG conducted a surprise inspection at Little Rock VA looking into previously overlooked claims found two years ago and discovered regional office employees gave the…
Military Sexual Trauma Survivors Take Backseat
Survivor stories and legislative reforms focusing on military sexual trauma have taken a backseat over the past year in major media outlets, but that does not mean the…
Next Phase Of ‘Fired’ VA Directors
News media recently reported the next round of ‘fired’ VA directors of VA medical centers across the country. By ‘fired’ I mean ‘allowed to retire’…
Wisconsin VA Opioid Scandal Hits National News
A Wisconsin VA has come in the cross hairs of national media after the Drug Enforcement Agency and VA OIG started investigating a VA opioid…
Secretary McDonald ‘Misspoke’ On 900 Fired VA Employees
VA public affairs corrected false numbers given out by Secretary McDonald last week when he boasted about agency accountability on Meet the Press, but the…
Oakland Regional Office ‘Lost’ 14,000 Veterans Claims
In 2012, VA OIG found 14,000 informal veterans’ claims jammed in a cabinet at the Oakland Regional Office. Management at the Oakland Regional Office then lost those 14,000…