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Personnel Records

The process of obtaining and managing personnel records.

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Jan 27, 2026
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What public records (state nursing license, payroll, HR) exist that can independently verify a VA employee’s employment status?

Public, releasable records that can independently confirm whether someone works or worked for the include FOIA-accessible (with statutory limits), employment-verification services used by such as and ...

Jan 30, 2026
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What verifiable public records exist for VA employee status and how can journalists access them?

The most direct, verifiable public records that establish employee status are official employment and personnel records held by the VA (including eOPF for former employees), records the VA proactively...

Jan 30, 2026

How can reporters distinguish VA contractors from federal employees in public payroll datasets and agency disclosures?

Reporters can reliably separate Veterans Affairs (VA) federal employees from contractors only by tracking the data source: personnel/payroll datasets derived from the or VA’s internal PAID system repr...