by Rikki Almanza | Jul 26, 2023
Leaders of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), have introduced a bipartisan bill aimed at saving taxpayer dollars and increasing oversight of major acquisitions and contracts within the Department of...
by Christian Southards | Feb 27, 2023
Our final February 2023 roundup covers new veterans suicide prevention research, hiring concerns at the Veterans Health Administration, and more. Readers can also submit veterans news stories to...
by Christian Southards | Apr 23, 2022
On April 19, the Government Accountability Office issued a report on the state of the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs’ Native American Direct Loan, or NADL, program. The NADL program was established in 1992 and allows eligible Native American veterans to take out a...
by Christian Southards | Jan 19, 2022
In twin reports made publicly available on Dec. 30, the Government Accountability Office found several opportunities, some of which address a lack of transparency and efficiency, to improve care and accountability at Department of Veterans Affairs Community Living...
by Christian Southards | Jan 18, 2022
In a Government Accountability Office report released on Jan. 13, “vulnerabilities” were detected in the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Veterans Community Care program that allowed hundreds of “potentially ineligible providers” to remain in the VA’s referral system....
