Officials with Veterans Affairs announced on Monday that the department had completed the "initial implementation" of President Donald Trump's executive order to end DEI programs, putting 60 employees on leave.
Officials have raised concerns about the uncertainty of a federal funding freeze on some federal assistance programs.
A lack of consistent policies and protocols by the Department of Veterans Affairs for administering private-sector health care for veterans is leading to medical records not being transferred, denials for appointments,
President Donald Trump’s decision to nominate Doug Collins, Air Force Reserve colonel and former Georgia congressman, as VA secretary signaled a commitment to changing things for the better and prioritizing the millions of veterans who depend on the VA.
Michael Missal, inspector general at the Department of Veterans Affairs since 2016, was one of more than a dozen inspectors general fired by President Donald Trump.
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VA, DOD oversight questioned after Trump inspector general firingsThe top watchdogs for the Defense Department and Department of Veterans Affairs were among the individuals dismissed by Trump.
Minneapolis VA to resume hiring
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Trump’s hiring freeze sparks staffing worries at key military, VA hospitals
Minneapolis VA to resume hiring after exemptions from Trump hiring freeze announced
The Minneapolis Veterans Medical Center was preparing Thursday to renew job offers for clinical and hospital roles that it had rescinded two days earlier as part of a federal hiring freeze. The Department of Veterans Affairs issued a statement Thursday clarifying that 39 categories of health care workers were exempt from the hiring freeze issued by President Donald Trump’s administration on
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Trump’s Hiring Freeze Is Screwing Over Veterans
Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears and Democratic former Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger are the current presumptive nominees in the race for governor.
Conservative talk-radio host John Reid announced Monday that he was leaving WRVA in Richmond to seek the GOP nomination for lieutenant governor — a campaign that could make him Virginia’s first openly gay statewide official.
Acting V.A. secretary warned that disguising diversity, equity and inclusion programs targeted for termination would result in ‘adverse consequences’
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VA places 60 staff on leave after shutting down DEI officesAt least 60 Veterans Affairs employees have been placed on administrative leave following the closure of multiple diversity, equity and inclusion offices across the department, pa
The VA memo exempts roughly three-quarters of the Veterans Health Administration's roughly 400,000-employee workforce.
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