{"id":689,"date":"2025-09-24T12:32:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T12:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/vha\/?page_id=689"},"modified":"2026-05-19T19:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T19:10:49","slug":"human-capital-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/vha\/human-capital-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Capital Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull va-page-title-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1281\" height=\"201\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-14 size-large\" alt=\"page header background\" src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/vha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/06\/PgSectionBackground_01.png?w=1024\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/vha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/06\/PgSectionBackground_01.png 1281w, 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class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide va-intro-page va-intro-page-1 is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the office<\/h2>\n\n\n<div style=\"background-color: #005EA2\" class=\"wp-block-create-block-colored-spacer has-0073-aa-background-color has-background\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Human Capital Management is responsible for delivering strategically aligned customer-focused human resource products and services to the National Cemetery Administration (NCA) workforce, including staffing and recruitment, classification, training and workforce planning, special programs, policy and guidance, employee and labor relations, emergency management, and health and safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer is-style-spacer-50 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