Department of Veterans Affairs

The OIG evaluated a power outage that occurred at the Hines Information Technology Center on May 4, 2023. The outage lasted approximately 22 hours and adversely affected more than 10,000 VA employees nationwide, preventing them from accessing critical VA data and systems such as compensation...

The Semiannual Report to Congress summarizes the results of VA OIG oversight, provides statistical information, and lists all 136 work products issued from October 1, 2023, to March 31, 2024. During this reporting period, VA OIG audits, evaluations, investigations, inspections, and other reviews...

The VA OIG conducted this review to determine whether VA complied with the requirements of the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA) for FY 2023. PIIA requires federal agencies to identify and review all programs and activities they administer that may be susceptible to significant...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviewed system leaders’ actions taken in response to allegations related to access to behavioral health care and patient privacy at the El Paso VA Health Care System (system) in Texas and evaluated whether the system sustained the actions.In August 2022, the...

Each year agency program officials, chief information officers, and inspectors general must review their agencies’ information security programs and report to the Department of Homeland Security and Congress on the programs’ compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA)...

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program report describes the results of a focused evaluation of the quality of care delivered in the inpatient and outpatient settings of the Roseburg VA Health Care System, which includes the Roseburg VA Medical Center and...

VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) Vet Center Inspection Program staff evaluated aspects of the quality of care at six randomly selected vet centers throughout Southeast District 2 zone 2: Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Myers, Gainesville, Lakeland, and Naples in Florida; and San Juan in Puerto Rico. This...

When a veteran files a claim for disability benefits, a medical exam may be necessary. If the nearest VA medical center cannot conduct the exam, a contract exam vendor is utilized. Medical Disability Exam contracts require contract exam facilities to comply with the American with Disabilities Act...

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program report describes the results of a focused evaluation of the quality of care delivered in the inpatient and outpatient settings of the VA Maryland Health Care System, which includes the Baltimore VA Medical Center...

The OIG received a hotline complaint about delays by staff at the Martinsburg VA Medical Center in processing and scheduling veterans’ community care consults. These consults are referrals to non-VA providers for clinical services. The OIG substantiated that as of February 28, 2023, there were over...