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State Dept sees record hiring, but seeks higher budgets through 2030 to fully replenish ranks

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The State Department is bringing in a record volume of new hires, but is calling on lawmakers for increased budgets through the end of the decade to fully replenish its ranks. Richard Verma, deputy secretary of state for management and resources, said last Thursday that the department saw about a 7% increase in its budget for FY 2022, and saw another 7% spending increase in FY 2023. Verma said those funding increases allowed the department to recruit and grow its workforce “in a way that we haven’t done for many…

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VBA sees automation tools as ‘game-changer’ to keep up with record workload

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The Department of Veterans Affairs broke a productivity record for processing benefits claims last year. But that’s just the start of what it needs to do. The VA needs to keep breaking new records for claims processed, if it hopes to keep pace with a workload surge under the burn-pit toxic exposure legislation signed into law last summer. The Veterans Benefits Administration completed a record high of 1.7 million total claims in fiscal 2022. VBA processed over 390,000 total claims for benefits in fiscal 2023 so far, about a 13%…

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What The Exit From Afghanistan Tells Us About How Biden Sees The World – NPR

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What The Exit From Afghanistan Tells Us About How Biden Sees The World  NPR ‘I don’t trust anybody’: US President Biden when asked if he believes Taliban  Mint Biden says U.S. has ‘long way to go and a lot could still go wrong’ in Afghanistan evacuation  CNBC President Biden: US-led evacuation from Kabul is accelerating  kwwl.com Kabul airlift is accelerating but still hampered by chaos: US President  EastMojo View Full Coverage on Google News “us president” – Google News

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