Early results show the system is working: Clinicians now spend an hour and a half less on emails per week, opening up more time for more meaningful work and more time with Veterans.
The commission is a prerequisite to the president’s appointment of an undersecretary candidate, subject to Senate confirmation.
VA now has the flexibility to hire qualified health-care executives expeditiously to lead its key health-care organizations without going through a previously cumbersome and time-consuming hiring process.
VA announced exemptions to the federal hiring freeze in the president’s […]