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11/02/26 - $29.1M in newly charged benefits fraud in DOJ's Minnesota surge
10/28/26 - VA's other backlog: family caregiver decision reviews averaged about 416 days, OIG finds
10/22/26 - Spine surgeon took $379K in sham "consulting" fees to use one company's implants. No prison.DOJ
10/22/26 - ~2,224 Phoenix VA lab results 100+ days old sat unfinalized, VA told OSC; backlog ran ~2.5 years before lab leaders knew
10/19/26 - VA Home Loan Servicer Village Capital to Pay Over $500,000 to Resolve Allegations It Violated Servicemembers’ Rate-Cap Rights; Justice Dept Alleges False Delinquency Reports to VADOJ
10/08/26 - OIG Roll-Up of 10 Inpatient Mental Health Inspections: Discharge Instructions Full of Jargon, Risk-Benefit Talks Before New Meds Not Documented; 3 RecommendationsOIG
10/06/26 - Eastern Colorado VA: Breast Biopsy Consult Went Incomplete After Abnormal Mammogram, Primary Care Follow-Up Not Documented; Patient Later Found With Metastatic Disease, OIG FindsOIG
10/06/26 - Pittsburgh VA Inspection: Care-Area and Storeroom Cleanliness, Medical Equipment Testing, Pharmaceutical Waste Containers, Power-Strip Safety; 4 RecommendationsOIG
09/30/26 - GAO: Over 31,000 Harassment-Related Incidents Reported at VA Medical Centers FY2020–2025; VA Has No Systemwide Measure of Actual PrevalenceGAO
09/30/26 - Middleton VA (Madison, WI) Inspection: Test-Result Communication Policy and Workflows Cited; 2 RecommendationsOIG
09/30/26 - Central Virginia VA (Richmond) Inspection: Test-Result Communication Policy and Workflows Cited; 2 RecommendationsOIG
09/25/26 - East Orange VA Inspection: Fire Doors, Sprinkler Testing, Cleanliness Cited; 11 Recommendations, Repeat FindingsOIG
09/25/26 - Albany VA Inspection: Unprotected Patient Health Information, Unclean Rooms and Food/Medication Refrigerators; 4 RecommendationsOIG
09/25/26 - Milwaukee VA Inspection: 1 Recommendation, Test-Result Communication Policy and WorkflowsOIG
09/24/26 - OIG Audit: Community Care Add-On Requests Often Miss 3-Day Standard, Notifications Average 12 Days; About 2.6 Million Requests Reviewed, 6 RecommendationsOIG
09/22/26 - OIG: 435 of 2,210 VA Contract Actions Terminated for Convenience, About $1.1 Billion; Errors Found in Figures Reported to CongressOIG
09/22/26 - OIG Summary: Only 1 of 12 VA Supply-Schedule Nonpharmaceutical Proposals Had Accurate, Complete, Current Commercial Price Disclosures; About $814 Million in Contract ValueOIG
09/14/26 - OIG Inspection of South Texas VA Inpatient Psych Unit: Bed-Availability Reporting Errors, No Formal Involuntary-Commitment Process, Police Recording Issue; 13 RecommendationsOIG
09/14/26 - House VA Committee Democrats: Subpoenas Served on Oracle's Ellison and Sicilia Over VA EHR Contract Ceiling IncreaseHOUSE
09/11/26 - OIG: VA Officials Report 4,712 Severe Occupational Staffing Shortages in FY2026; OIG Did Not Validate ResponsesOIG
09/10/26 - OIG Information-Security Inspection: Lovell Federal Healthcare System Deficient in All 3 High-Risk Control Areas; 7 RecommendationsOIG
09/10/26 - OIG: Fayetteville VA Minor-Construction Projects Hit by Delays of 1 to 7+ Years and Higher Costs After Hotline Complaint; 4 RecommendationsOIG
09/09/26 - OIG Advisory: $25 Billion VA Federal Supply Schedule Relies on Single Vendor-Identified “Tracking Customer” for Price ProtectionOIG
09/08/26 - House Veterans’ Affairs Posts Staff-Oracle Emails: Oracle Accepted EHR Hearing Invitation, Then WithdrewHOUSE
09/04/26 - Tucson (Southern Arizona) VA Inspection: Zero RecommendationsOIG
09/04/26 - Philadelphia VA Inspection: Surveillance-System Problems, Portable Liquid-Nitrogen Tank Storage Cited; 2 RecommendationsOIG
09/04/26 - Salisbury VA Inspection: Cleanliness and Privacy-Curtain Findings; 2 RecommendationsOIG
09/04/26 - Tuscaloosa VA Inspection: Cleaning-Supply Storage and Test-Result Workflows Cited; 2 RecommendationsOIG
09/02/26 - House Veterans’ Affairs Votes 19-0 to Subpoena Oracle’s Larry Ellison and Michael Sicilia Over VA EHR ModernizationHOUSE
09/02/26 - GAO Testimony to House Veterans’ Affairs: VA Has Fully Addressed 4 of 18 EHR Modernization Recommendations; 14 Remain Open as Deployments AccelerateGAO
09/02/26 - OIG Review of Augusta VA Supply Chain: Concerns Raised by VA Secretary and Local Leaders Examined; 7 RecommendationsOIG
09/02/26 - Jackson (Sonny Montgomery) VA Inpatient Psych Inspection: 10 RecommendationsOIG
09/02/26 - Kansas City VA Inpatient Psych Inspection: 8 RecommendationsOIG
09/01/26 - OIG: VA Paid About $11.2 Million for Veterans Crisis Line Backup Services That Were Not Provided; $32.5 Million ContractOIG
08/31/26 - OIG: VBA Did Not Always Follow Law on Disability-Benefit Reductions; At Least $16.9 Million Improperly Paid, 4 RecommendationsOIG
08/31/26 - OIG Substantiates ICU Nursing, Care-Quality and Provider-Staffing Concerns at Columbia (SC) Dorn VA; 7 RecommendationsOIG
08/28/26 - Mountain Home VA (Tennessee) Inspection: 1 Recommendation, Test-Result Communication WorkflowsOIG
08/28/26 - OIG Summary: 11 of 16 VA Drug-Schedule Proposals Had Deficient Commercial Price Disclosures; Reviews Helped Save About $24.7 MillionOIG
08/26/26 - Northern Arizona VA (Prescott) Inspection: No RecommendationsOIG
08/20/26 - OIG Audit: $51.7 Billion Spent From PACT Act Toxic Exposures Fund With Control Weaknesses; 4 RecommendationsOIG
08/14/26 - OIG: Central Virginia VA Psychiatrist and Social Worker Did Not Arrange Safe Inpatient Mental Health Discharge; 6 RecommendationsOIG
08/05/26 - OIG: Of 301,177 Veterans Who Agreed to Post-9/11 TBI Evaluation, 142,270 Did Not Receive It; 3 RecommendationsOIG
06/11/26 - OIG: VA Gave Clinical Staff Generative AI Chat Tools Without Oversight or Safeguards, Creating Patient-Safety Risk; 3 RecommendationsOIG
02/03/26 - OIG Inspects Battle Creek VA: Repeat Environment-of-Care Issues and Test-Result Workflow Gaps CitedOIG
1/27/26 - Task & Purpose: Hacker Posted a Marine Veteran's Health Information OnlineNEWS
1/27/26 - ABC News: VA Nurse Shot and Killed by Federal Agent in Minneapolis: What We KnowNEWS
01/22/26 - Omaha VA Inpatient Mental Health Unit: OIG Finds Environment-of-Care and Staffing Problems; 13 RecommendationsOIG
01/27/26 - OIG: VISN 7 Did Not Hold Dublin, GA VA Leaders Accountable for Fixing Site-Visit Findings (Dec 2021 to Jul 2024); 3 RecommendationsOIG
12/18/25 - VA Employee Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining PPP LoanDOJ
2/16/25 - Orange County Register: Loma Linda VA Community Care Woes Emblematic of Problems Nationwide, Federal Inspector SaysNEWS
02/06/25 - Stars and Stripes: Democratic Senators Urge VA Secretary to Revoke Outside Access to Veterans' Personal InformationNEWS
02/05/25 - New VA Secretary Doug Collins' First Message to Veterans and VA EmployeesVA
1/27/25 - Stars and Stripes: President Fires VA's Top Watchdog Amid Removal of Federal Inspectors GeneralNEWS
11/26/24 - DOJ: VA Nurse Charged With Unlawfully Accessing Veterans' Health Information (Charges Are Allegations)DOJ
4/23/24 - Loma Linda VA: OIG Finds Primary Care Community Care Consults Rose From 183 to 1,626 in a Year; 3 RecommendationsOIG
1/20/21 - Connecting Vets: VA Leadership Changes as a New Acting Secretary Is NamedNEWS
1/20/21 - Connecting Vets: Out With the Old, In With the New Acting Veterans Affairs SecretaryNEWS
11/27/2020 - Norfolk Daily News (Commentary): VA Has Seen a 'Dramatic and Needed Turnaround'NEWS
11/26/20 - NBC Chicago: 27 Veterans Die in COVID-19 Outbreak at Illinois Veterans HomeNEWS
11/21/20 - Military.com: Former VA No. 2 Says He Was Fired for Refusing to Help Discredit an Alleged Sexual Assault VictimNEWS
08/20/20 - OIG: Conflict-of-Interest Allegation Against a VA Medical Center Chief of Staff Not Substantiated; Misuse of VA Email FoundOIG
08/20/20 - CNBC: Former White House Adviser Pleads Not Guilty in Alleged Border Wall Fundraising SchemeNEWS
07/22/20 - OIG: VBA's STAR Quality-Review Program Did Not Adequately Catch and Correct Claims Errors; 6 RecommendationsOIG
07/22/20 - OIG: VBA Quality Reviewers Missed Errors in an Estimated 9,900 of 28,400 Claim Reviews (35%)OIG
07/15/20 - MSN: Fired VA Staffer Faces 7 Murder Counts in Insulin Deaths of Veterans at Clarksburg VA (Charges Are Allegations)NEWS
07/15/20 - OIG: VHA Ran 8 Canine Research Studies Without the VA Secretary's Required ApprovalOIG
07/14/20 - KELOLAND: Fired VA Staffer Charged in Insulin Deaths of Veterans (Charges Are Allegations)NEWS
07/08/20 - OIG Administrative Investigation: Former VA Assistant Secretary Steered a $5M Contract; 232 of 17,000 Licenses UsedOIG
06/29/20 - Politico: Veteran's Podcast Draws Administration ScrutinyNEWS
06/23/20 - Air Force Times: President Threatens Prison Terms for Protesters Toppling Statues, Citing Veterans Memorial ProtectionsNEWS
06/19/20 - Yahoo News: VA Employee Charged With Stealing Ventilators and Selling Them on eBay (Charges Are Allegations)NEWS
06/18/20 - White House Archive: Brenda M. Saiz Nominated for U.S. District Judge, District of New MexicoWH
06/16/20 - Stars and Stripes: Lawmakers Want VA to Address Backlog of FOIA Requests From Veterans' AdvocatesNEWS
06/03/20 - Yahoo News: Lawmaker Calls for Gender-Neutral VA MottoNEWS
06/01/20 - Army Times: Protesters Damage VA Headquarters and Several D.C. War MonumentsNEWS
05/28/20 - C-SPAN Video: VA Secretary Testifies on VA's Coronavirus ResponseNEWS
05/25/20 - Bipartisan House Appropriators Ask VA to Remove or Alter Swastika Headstones in VA National CemeteriesHOUSE
05/12/20 - DOJ: Former VA Doctor Indicted on 7 Civil Rights Counts (Allegations; Presumed Innocent)DOJ
05/12/20 - WTOP: VA Pushes Back Against Criticism for Use of Controversial DrugNEWS
05/07/20 - Fox News: VA Secretary Says Democratic Senators Are 'Looking for a Scapegoat' for Deaths in State-Run FacilitiesNEWS
05/06/20 - Townhall (Opinion): House Speaker Accused of Endangering Veterans by Keeping the House Out of SessionNEWS
04/30/20 - VA Says Veteran Trust in VA Health Care Topped 90% for the First TimeVA
04/29/20 - OIG: Milwaukee VA Imaging Service Found Radiology Report Manipulation and Leadership Failures; 8 RecommendationsOIG
04/27/20 - Washington Examiner (Op-Ed): The President and VeteransNEWS
04/21/20 - FOX 10 Phoenix: Nurse Salutes Fellow Veteran Who Died From COVID-19 at Manatee Memorial HospitalNEWS
04/20/20 - Coronavirus Response and Veterans: Political Debate (Bing News Search Link; No Single Source)NEWS
04/16/20 - Yahoo News: VA Gets New Acting No. 2 Official After Predecessor's FiringNEWS
04/09/20 - Item Pending Verification: Whistleblower Harassment Report (Name Withheld; No Source Linked)PENDING
04/02/20 - WHSV: Former VA Doctor in West Virginia Accused of Incapacitating and Molesting Patient (Allegations)NEWS
03/23/20 - Deficient Staffing and Competencies in Sterile Processing Services at the VA Black Hills Healthcare System, Fort Meade Campus, South DakotaOIG
2/4/20 - Concern Regarding a Patient Death and Alleged Conflicts of Interest at the VA Western Colorado Health Care System, Grand JunctionOIG
01/01/20 - The Star (Florida, Archived): Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act Claims Now Being DeterminedNEWS
07/17/18 - OIG: VA Ordered an Estimated 19,800 Unwarranted Disability Reexams Nationwide, About $100.6M Over 5 YearsOIG
12/15/19 - Archived VA Headlines (oawp.org) Entry: Name Withheld Pending an Official SourceARCHIVE
12/15/19 - Archived VA Headlines (oawp.org) Entry: Name Withheld Pending an Official SourceARCHIVE
12/14/19 - Fox News Video: 'New Audit Details Major Issues at the Department of Veterans Affairs'NEWS
11/11/19 - Archived VA Headlines (oawp.org) Entry: Name Withheld Pending an Official SourceARCHIVE
11/11/19 - Archived VA Headlines (oawp.org) Entry: Name Withheld Pending an Official SourceARCHIVE
11/11/19 - Archived VA Headlines (oawp.org) Entry: Name Withheld Pending an Official SourceARCHIVE
11/11/19 - Archived VA Headlines (oawp.org) Entry: Name Withheld Pending an Official SourceARCHIVE
11/5/19 - Military.com: 'The VA Office Created to Protect Whistleblowers Is a Sham...'NEWS
11/4/19 - MeriTalk: VA Looking at Robotic Process Automation for ContractingNEWS
10/30/19 - OIG: Taxpayers Paid an Estimated $602M More Government-Wide Over Two Years Under Supply-Schedule Drug Price PracticeOIG
10/30/19 - "Lawmakers have ‘no confidence’ in VA’s whistleblower protection office"NEWS
10/29/19 - Government Executive: After Scathing Report, VA Faces Criticism for Not Improving Whistleblower Protection Office More QuicklyNEWS
10/28/19 - Washington Post: Federal Employee Union President Takes Leave Amid Investigation (Allegations)NEWS
10/28/19 - Government Executive: OPM Tells Agencies to Press Forward With Efforts to Limit Federal UnionsNEWS
10/24/19 - OIG: VA's Whistleblower Protection Office (OAWP) Fell Short in Implementing the 2017 Accountability Act; 22 RecommendationsOIG
10/21/19 - The deaths from the second half of 2017 through July 2018, at Clarksburg VA Medical Center, initially found to be of natural causes, are now being investigated as Homicides.NEWS
10/20/19 - News and Sentinel (Editorial): Cutting VA's Budget May Wake Them UpNEWS
10/18/19 - Veterans Personal Info Mishandled by the department of Veterans’ affairsNEWS
10/18/19 - Army Times: Former VA Secretary Details Dysfunction and Chaos Within the AdministrationNEWS
10/17/19 - News and Sentinel (Archived): Lawsuit Says Person of Interest in Clarksburg VA Deaths Was Not Certified (Allegations)NEWS
10/15/19 - Federal Times: VA Fails at Workforce Planning Due to Leadership TurnoverNEWS
10/10/19 - GAO: VA, VHA and VBA Have Not Fully Adopted Succession-Planning Practices for Senior LeadersGAO
10/14/19 - Washington Times: Executive Orders Curtail Union Business on Taxpayer TimeNEWS
10/11/19 - CBS Pittsburgh: Person of Interest in Suspicious Deaths at West Virginia VA Hospital Reportedly IdentifiedNEWS
10/11/19 - Yahoo News: Congress Sparks Veterans' Ire With Mortgage Fee HikeNEWS
10/10/19 - Ex-Marine sues 3M for selling defective earplugs to militaryNEWS
02/28/19 - GAO: VA Hospitals Sometimes Overlooked Providers' Adverse-Action Records When Hiring; 57 Providers Reviewed, 7 RecommendationsGAO
10/7/19 - Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers failed to perform opioid checks prior to prescription to VeteransNEWS
10/5/19 - Washington Post: Inside the Investigation Into Suspicious Insulin Deaths at a West Virginia VA HospitalNEWS
10/5/19 - Military Times: More Concerns Over Whistleblower Protections at VANEWS
10/4/19 - Marine Corps Times: Defense Department to Tighten Data Security After Settlement With Veterans GroupNEWS
10/1/19 - Military.com: Will VA Really Share Your Personal Medical Info Without Permission?NEWS
09/29/19 - Albuquerque VA Regional Office Whistleblower Retaliation Concern (No Source Linked; Pending Verification)PENDING
9/27/19 - Presidential Proclamation: Gold Star Mother's and Family's Day, 2019WH
9/26/19 - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: VA Doctor Charged With Manslaughter to Stay in Jail (Charges Are Allegations)NEWS
9/26/19 - THV11: Silver Alert Issued for Man Missing From Arkansas VA HospitalNEWS
9/26/19 - Military.com: VA Misses Deadline for Expanding Caregiver Program, Sets New TargetNEWS
9/26/19 - Military Times: Lawmaker Demands Overhaul of VA Anti-Harassment Policies After Staffer Reports Assault at Veterans HospitalNEWS
9/25/19 - The Hill: Veterans Groups Urge VA to Follow Through on ReformsNEWS
9/25/19 - Department of Veterans’ affairs Employee pleads Guilty to taking Bribes (16 counts)NEWS
9/25/19 - VA hospital worker offered to sell the personal data of (Veterans, their dependents and employees) for $100,000, pleads guilty.NEWS
9/23/19 - OIG: VA Clinicians Did Not Check State Drug-Monitoring Databases for 567,000 of 779,000 Patients Prescribed Opioids (73%)OIG
9/23/19 - OIG: New Mexico VA Gastroenterology Review: Endoscope Precleaning Allegations Not Substantiated; 13 RecommendationsOIG
9/23/19 - Montgomery Advertiser: Montgomery VA Leadership Changes, National Review PendingNEWS
9/23/19 - Veteran exposed to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune suffers skin lesions, loses legs and teethNEWS
9/21/19 - Montgomery Advertiser: Central Alabama VA Leadership Review (Same Report as Above)NEWS
9/21/19 - USA Today: What We Know About Veterans Who Died at the Clarksburg VA Medical CenterNEWS
9/20/19 - Daily Caller: VA Whistleblower Protection Office Accused of Keeping a 'Hit List' (Allegations)NEWS
9/20/19 - Veterans Affairs 'Should be Begging' for Oversight, Lawmakers Say as They Fight Congressional Office EvictionsNEWS
09/19/19 - OIG: Boston VA Regional Office Supervisor Incorrectly Processed 33 of 55 Sampled Work Items; About $117,300 ImproperOIG
9/20/19 - MyNorthwest (Archived): Fourth Patient Named in Probe of West Virginia Veterans Hospital DeathsNEWS
9/19/19 - OIG: Care Deficiencies May Have Contributed to a Veteran's Death on Philadelphia VA Behavioral Health Unit; Issue Brief InaccurateOIG
9/19/19 - OIG: Philadelphia VA Issue Brief Inaccurate and Root Cause Analysis Noncompliant After Unit 7E Patient DeathOIG
09/10/19 - Former Union Local Treasurer Sentenced to 2 Years for Embezzling at Least $82,000 in Union FundsDOJ
9/18/19 - ABC News: Former Nurse Charged With Allegedly Stealing Morphine From Dying Veterans (Charges Are Allegations)NEWS
9/17/19 - NBER Working Paper w26264: VA Opioid Prescribing and Veteran Overdose RatesNEWS
9/17/19 - Washington Post: Ant Infestation Report Pushes VA to Make ChangesNEWS
9/17/19 - The Hill: Lawmaker Seeks Answers on Alleged Retaliation at VANEWS
9/17/19 - OIG: Sole-Source Contracting at VA Regional Procurement Office East Needs Improvement; $14.2M Awarded Without Required ApprovalOIG
9/16/19 - Washington Post: How VA Failed to Stop a Pathologist Who Misdiagnosed CasesNEWS
9/15/19 - YouTube Video: Exchange Between a Veteran Seeking Care and a Former House VA Committee Member Running for PresidentNEWS
9/14/19 - Newsweek: VA Moves Lawmakers' Offices Out of VA Facilities, Sparking CriticismNEWS
9/13/19 - WSB-TV: Woman Says Her Father Was Bitten by Ants Before His Death at a VA Medical CenterNEWS
9/12/19 - OIG: Security Risk Level Set Too Low for VA's Beneficiary Fiduciary Field System; 4 RecommendationsOIG
9/12/19 - NBC News Video: VA May Have to Pay Billions in Reimbursements for Veterans' BillsNEWS
9/11/19 - Veteran spends 5 years overturning an ‘error of complacency’ within the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veteran’s Benefits AdministrationNEWS
9/11/19 - OIG Report 17-04966-201: VBA Unwarranted Medical Reexaminations for Disability BenefitsOIG
9/11/19 - CBS Baltimore: Former Maryland Union Treasurer Sentenced to 2 Years for Embezzling $82KNEWS
9/11/19 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Silver Alert Issued for Veteran Last Seen at Milwaukee VA HospitalNEWS
9/10/19 - Lawmaker blasts VA for 'second chance' given to VA doctor found drunk on the jobNEWS
9/10/19 - USA Today: Clarksburg VA Hospital Insulin Deaths Draw More ScrutinyNEWS
9/9/19 - Congress has only three weeks to avert another government shutdownNEWS
9/9/19 - Omaha VA Employee sentenced for viewing coworkers’ VA Medical RecordsNEWS
9/6/19 - The Veteran Suicide Crises and it’s HistoryNEWS
9/6/19 - Whistleblower says lab delays could've hurt patients at Memphis VA Medical CenterNEWS
08/28/19 - OIG: Gulf Coast VA (Biloxi) Leaders' Oversight of a Former Surgeon; Concerns Confirmed for 2 of 5 Patients, 18 RecommendationsOIG
7/22/19 - Albuquerque Journal (Archived Op-Ed): Call for Urgent Veterans Affairs ReformNEWS
4/16/19 - Government Executive: New VA Whistleblower Protection Office Under Investigation for Retaliating Against WhistleblowersNEWS
07/17/18 - OIG: VA Ordered an Estimated 19,800 Unwarranted Disability Reexams Nationwide, About $100.6M Over 5 Years (Report 17-04966-201)OIG
- Item Pending Verification (Name Withheld; No Source Linked)PENDING
