Veterans Affairs

In this nutty market, can veterans actually buy a home with the VA home loan program?

For an update, VA’s Executive Director of Loan Guaranty John Bell III spoke to the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

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GSA looks to reach 100M Login.gov users by year’s end, starting with VA partnership

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Some things to think about during Post Traumatic Stress Disorder awareness month

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(AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, testifies before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

VA confidence in new EHR ‘shaken’ following cases of patient harm, McDonough says

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Lawmakers renew push to strip investigation authority from VA whistleblower office

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Congress wants more oversight over VA’s plans to implement automation

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Superintendent Keith Stadler, left, and Vice President Kamala Harris touch a headstone belonging to Inez Crittenden during a tour of Suresnes American Cemetery in Suresnes, France on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. Inez Crittenden of Oakland, Calif., led a team of 232 bilingual switchboard operators known as the

How automation is showing a lot of promise in approving veterans’ survivors dependency claims

Automation can help VA process survivors claims when a veteran passes away, which currently takes more than two months on average.

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40 members of US Digital Corps head to 13 agencies to improve services

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Biden administration outlines its plan to maximize COVID-era IT modernization funds, and a study shows the brain injury…

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New VA portals provide simplicity, transparency to vendor interactions

In addition to providing a one-stop shop for contractors, VA is trying to build a culture of transparency on the IT side, in order to make it easier for vendors to integrate solutions.

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