{"id":47869,"date":"2021-10-19T13:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T13:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/10\/19\/va-relaunches-search-for-top-health-official-after-problems-surface-with-previous-hiring-attempt\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:14:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:14:53","slug":"va-relaunches-search-for-top-health-official-after-problems-surface-with-previous-hiring-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/veterans\/2021\/10\/19\/va-relaunches-search-for-top-health-official-after-problems-surface-with-previous-hiring-attempt\/","title":{"rendered":"VA relaunches search for top health official after problems surface with previous hiring attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Veterans Affairs leaders<\/a> are relaunching their search for the department\u2019s top health official after problems surfaced with the previous commission<\/a> assigned to review candidates for the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The department has been without a Senate-confirmed head of the Veterans Health Administration<\/a> since the start of 2017, despite attempts by the past two presidential administrations to fill the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Monday, VA officials announced they have established a new commission to identify and interview candidates for the next head of the Veterans Health Administration. It\u2019s the second time this year the commission has been stood up, and the fifth time since spring 2017 that the panel has been authorized in an attempt to find suitable candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Veterans Affairs press secretary Terrence Hayes in a statement said the new commission was being established after officials \u201creceived information that there may have been some irregularities in the consideration of the previous slate of candidates.\u201d He did not offer specifics on what those issues were.<\/p>\n\n\n\t