Acting V.A. secretary warned that disguising diversity, equity and inclusion programs targeted for termination would result in ‘adverse consequences’
Kenneth Marcus' name was stripped from a resolution confirming Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's nominees to George Mason University's Board of Visitors.
Seven Delmarva-region commercial operations have now reported cases of the highly contagious virus.
The VA memo exempts roughly three-quarters of the Veterans Health Administration's roughly 400,000-employee workforce.
The Veterans Affairs Department’s workforce will have a advocate in its next secretary, President Trump’s pick to lead the agency told lawmakers on Tuesday, though it can also expect a crackdown to hold bad actors accountable.
Senators grilled President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Tuesday. Former U.S. Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) promised to be veterans’ biggest advocate if confirmed as the VA secretary.
Another member of the top brass with the Atlanta VA Police Department has retired while under investigation. Police Chief Beverly Banks had been suspended with pay since May, when the VA began investigating her department's troubled culture.
Beverly Banks, former chief of the Atlanta VA Health Care System’s police department, had been suspended with pay since May, when Veterans Affairs announced an investigation "due to employee complaints and allegations of unacceptable behavior in the police department … including allegations of sexual assault and harassment."
Day Four of the Trump administration opens in Washington, D.C. with a raft of Senate hearings including Trump's picks for the Departments of Energy and Interior as well as the EPA and VA. Also on the docket,
VA officials said the exemptions to a Jan. 20 executive order are necessary to provide health care and services to veterans.