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VA officials describe new controls and training after OIG audit of incentive payments
Summary
VA witnesses told a House subcommittee that the department has adopted standard forms, annual certifications, and new oversight steps to better govern recruitment, relocation and retention incentives and that VHA will add enterprise-level monitoring and training.
Veterans Affairs officials told a House subcommittee in July 2025 that the department has implemented and will expand procedural controls intended to improve governance of recruitment, relocation and retention incentives.
Tracey Thuritt, identified in the hearing as chief human capital officer for the VA's Office of Human Resources and Administration, said VA "began requiring annual certification of the incentive," adopted a standard form to capture legally required information and aligned the use of 3R incentives with shortage and hard-to-fill positions. She told the committee that VA is "tracking unfulfilled service obligations, improving coordination of debt collection and enforcing debt collection, and reviewing…
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