Tag: Reforms

VHA on track to meet 2023 staffing targets, but House lawmakers urge further hiring reforms

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Ongoing recruitment challenges for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ health care workforce are gaining more attention — and concerns — from Congress. The Veterans Health Administration is on track to reach its year-end target increase for its total number of employees. But problems persist in VHA’s hiring and onboarding processes, lawmakers on the House Veterans Affairs Committee said. “We all know that this is a crisis situation. It was a crisis before COVID. It’s a bigger crisis now. And we have to treat it accordingly and work on this in…

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Biden’s USPS board nominees plan to oversee reforms envisioned by Congress

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President Joe Biden’s latest nominees to serve on the Postal Service’s Board of Governors are planning to oversee sweeping reforms at the agency, if confirmed. Dan Tangherlini, the former head of the General Services Administration, and Derek Kan, a former deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee they would take a closer look at some lawmakers’ top priorities at the agency. Those priorities include electric vehicles and the agency’s next-generation vehicle fleet, a data dashboard meant to track USPS…

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Trump at odds with Republican lawmakers over gun reforms – BBC News

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HuffPost Trump at odds with Republican lawmakers over gun reformsBBC NewsUS President Donald Trump has stunned lawmakers from both parties by telling them in a live broadcast not to be so "petrified" of the powerful gun lobby the National Rifle Association (NRA). In a break from his party's stance on gun control, Mr Trump …Trump Stuns Lawmakers With Seeming Embrace of Gun Control …New York Times NRA's Warnings Have Come True: A President Wants To Unilaterally Disarm AmericansHuffPostTrump pushes Congress for broad bill on guns after school shootingReutersCNN –Arab News –San Antonio…

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US consumer agency defends student loan reforms from Republican attacks – Reuters

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Reuters US consumer agency defends student loan reforms from Republican attacksReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. consumer financial watchdog on Thursday attempted to repel a Trump-administration attack on former President Barack Obama's sweeping student loan reforms and defended itself against Republican attempts to weaken …and more » us republicans – Google News

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