Tag: Mark Flatten

When the VA refused to provide any information to The Washington Examiner, the paper was forced to turn to other means to seek out information, including subscription-based research sites and databases. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Washington Examiner got bonus data with no thanks to VA

Mark Flatten · May 8, 2013 4:00 am

President Barack Obama announces his nominees for the Federal Housing Finance Authority (FHFA) Diector Rep. Mel Watt, D-NC., and Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler, Wednesday, May, 1, 2013, in the State Dining of the White House is Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Watchdog: Bipartisan lawmakers ask Obama to focus on VA problems

Mark Flatten · April 29, 2013 4:00 am

Groups representing U.S. military veterans say they worry that a new Department of Veterans Affairs plan to close out a massive backlog of unfinished disability benefits claims may be a bureaucratic dodge. In the photo above, veterans applaud during a 2011 news conference announcing a lawsuit against the department in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)

Veterans groups worry new VA plan to clear claims backlog is ‘all smoke-and-mirrors’ bureaucracy

Mark Flatten · April 25, 2013 4:00 am

Watchdog: Hickey memo a ‘Washington Moment’ for VA, senator says

Watchdog: Hickey memo a ‘Washington Moment’ for VA, senator says

Mark Flatten · April 15, 2013 4:00 am

Allison Hickey is undersecretary for benefits at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. She is a former Air Force brigadier general. (VA Photo)

Watchdog: Mixed reactions to VA call for ‘big brain’ meeting

Mark Flatten · April 12, 2013 4:00 am

Why Won’t Shinseki Talk?

Why Won’t Shinseki Talk?

Mark Flatten · April 11, 2013 4:00 am

Watchdog: Skeptical House panel quizzes VA head on budget

Watchdog: Skeptical House panel quizzes VA head on budget

Mark Flatten · April 11, 2013 4:00 am

Allison Hickey is undersecretary for benefits at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. She is a former Air Force brigadier general. (VA Photo)

EXCLUSIVE: VA exec calls meeting of ‘big brain’ folks to seek backlog fixes

Mark Flatten · April 11, 2013 4:00 am

Jerry Ensminger holds a portrait of his daughter, Janey, in this May 9, 2007 file photo in White Lake, N.C. (Photo: Gerry Broome/AP file)

Watchdog: Lejeune Marine lost daughter but still fights bureaucrats, politicians

Mark Flatten · April 11, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama signs legislation directing the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide medical care to veterans who developed cancer or other illnesses after serving a Camp Lejeune, N.C., where jet fuel leaked into the drinking water for years. On Obama's right is Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs. (AP Photo)

Watchdog: VA bureaucrats fiddle while Camp Lejeune veterans die

Mark Flatten · April 10, 2013 4:00 am

Left: Bruce Furtado as a young Marine. Right: Bruce Furtado in 2013.

Watchdog: VA knows it will live long after Marine Bruce Furtado dies

Mark Flatten · April 10, 2013 4:00 am

Talk show host Jon Stewart devoted seven minutes of "The Daily Show" to satirical barbs ridiculing the ineffectiveness of the Department of Veterans Affairs and its leaders. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, file)

Watchdog: Uh-oh, VA, Jon Stewart is watching you

Mark Flatten · April 3, 2013 4:00 am