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AFGE Wins Again – VA Ordered To Rehire Employees Fired Without PIPs
An arbitration decision this week will force VA to rehire AFGE union employees fired from employment where the agency ignored its obligation to use performance…
Former Lockheed Counterintelligence Attorney Jim Byrne Now Acting Deputy Secretary
VA general counsel Jim Byrne, the lead counterintelligence attorney hired from Lockheed Martin, was just named acting deputy secretary of the agency. Byrne was selected…
Is VA Vocational Rehabilitation About To Improve? VA To Add Nearly 20 Percent New Counselors
The Department of Veterans Affairs finally increased the headcount of its little known VA Vocational Rehabilitation program by hiring 20 percent more counselors. “The VR&E…
Court: Trump Accountability Executive Order Largely Unconstitutional
AFGE heralded Friday’s decision by a judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia who ruled parts of President Donald Trump’s May…
VA Interim CHIO Pulls A Trump, Tweets Resignation From Cerner Project
The interim CHIO Genevieve Morris resigned from her post after just one month leading VA in its project to transition from VA’s open course VistA…
Tinnitus Anyone? 3M Covered Up Its Defective Military Earplugs Since 2000
In a settlement worth a paltry $9.1 million, 3M agreed to pay the government after being caught covering up its defective earplugs called dual-ended Combat…
Effective Date Fiasco – Intent To File Claims Rob $72 Million From Vets
Here is another leftover from Thomas Murphy’s policies over the past couple years – the agency repeatedly failed to assign correct effective dates costing veterans…
Bad Moon Rising – Louisiana Navy Veteran Sues Regional VA Director
Navy veteran George Jackson, 76, has filed suit against the regional director of Louisiana’s VA for violation of his constitutional and statutory rights under FOIA…
Krause Fights For Veterans Employed As Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors
I am pleased to let you all know I recently opened up a new practice area for my law firm to veterans employed as VA…
Winds Of Change? St. Cloud VA Prepares To Tear Down Its Wind Turbine
The VA Medical Center of St. Cloud, Minnesota was once proud to have installed the first wind turbine of any VA location. They have received…
Veterans Affairs Errors In 49 Percent Of Military Sexual Trauma Claims
A new report from VA OIG shows the Department of Veterans Affairs scheming against military sexual trauma survivors out of benefits, as if the trauma…
IG Rips Veterans Affairs Over Caregiver Program Mismanagement
The agency charged with provided services to caregivers of America’s war heroes was ripped last week over multiple failures. Wish I could say I am…