After failing to hit progress benchmarks, the agency now says its pledge to make quicker decisions on all claims was never meant to include some benefits.
After a week in which the phone lines of the Associated Press were bugged and Google glasses that can record our every move are being tested, it seems fitting to mark World Information Society Day.
Internal documents reveal that as claims ballooned, the officials with the most responsibility for addressing the backlog received the largest bonuses.
Veterans waiting more than two years will get answers in June and those waiting a year, within six months, the agency says. But that some veterans, lawmakers and VA workers are skeptical.
As talks about comprehensive immigration reform heat up in Congress, the Center for Investigative Reporting has been taking a closer look at what’s going on along the U.S.-Mexico border.
You're invited to join CIR members for an exclusive conference call with Andrew Becker and G.W. Schulz, CIR's homeland and border security reporters, on Thursday at 11:30 a.m. PDT.
