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This week in Congress: Resuming delayed defense, VA budget fights
Defense and veterans hearings for the week of July 6, 2020.
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Will the VA’s hiring gains be maintained post-pandemic?
The Department of Veterans Affairs has long faced hiring shortages for critical healthcare positions.
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Veterans compensation and pension exams ramp up even as coronavirus cases rise
The department's backlog of disability benefits cases has risen by about 200,000 in recent months.
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Troops could see small boost in hazardous duty pay next year
A House plan would raise the extra pay from $250 a month to $275.
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Veterans unemployment saw another small improvement in June
The unemployment rate for all veterans fell to 8.6 percent last month, according to federal officials.
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Big pay raise, limits on troop moves highlight defense budget measure
The $740.5 billion defense authorization bill passed the House Armed Services Committee with bipartisan support.
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Lawmakers debate women veterans’ access to VA reproductive health care
A fast-growing number of women veterans under the age of 45 are becoming eligible for VA benefits and healthcare, according to a 2019 study.
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VA medical testing on dogs gets support and criticism in new report
Department officials have reduced such tests in recent years but insist some canine experiments are still needed for medical breakthroughs.
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Why there are so few GS-10 positions in government
GS-10 positions are one of the least available jobs in the federal government, due in large part to an idiosyncrasy of the position categorization process.
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Coronavirus cases among Veterans Affairs patients tripled in June
More than 1,600 VA patients have died from the fast-spreading illness since the start of March.
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