-Interim Report - Participation in VBA's Veterans Retraining Assistance Program
During our ongoing national audit of the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP), we determined VBA’s continued current method of counting authorized participants, veterans’ use of VRAP would not achieve the levels authorized by Congress. The Veterans Opportunity to Work (VOW) to Hire Heroes Act authorized benefits for 99,000 participants October...More
OIG Monthly Highlights
Read about our top reports and investigations in March 2013...Read the Monthly Highlights
Healthcare Inspection - Alleged Inappropriate Surveillance James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital Tampa, Florida
At the request of several members of Congress, OIG initiated a review that a hidden camera was placed in a brain-damaged patient’s room without next-of-kin consent. In June 2012 the patient’s family became aware of a video surveillance camera (VSC) in a smoke-detector-like cover that had been placed in the...More
OIG Monthly Highlights
Read about our top reports and investigations in February 2013.Read the Monthly Highlights
Tampa Woman Sentenced to More Than 5 Years in Prison
Misuse of Veterans Information Lands Tampa Woman in Prison for 5+ Years, Ordered to Pay $621K in Fines and Restitution...Read this press release
Nashville Woman Admits Theft of $360,000 In Federal Grant Funds Intended To Aid Veterans
Tennessee Woman Pleads Guilty To Using $360K in Homeless Veteran Housing Grant for Personal Use...Read this press release
Jamestown Nurse Arrested, Charged With Distributing Oxycodone
Former VA Nurse at NY Clinic Faces Prison, Fine for Forging Oxcycodone Prescriptions If Convicted...Read this press release
Audit of the Community Nursing Home Program
OIG evaluated VHA’s community nursing home program to determine if nursing homes met eligibility requirements. VHA’s Office of Finance reported nursing home program expenditures totaled $614 million in FY 2012 and were estimated to grow to $767 million in FY 2013. We found weaknesses and untimely VA healthcare facility eligibility...More
Top 10 VA OIG Downloads for February 2013
What are people who are interested in Veterans' issues reading these days? Here are the top 10 downloads from our Internet site for February 2013.