Veterans Affairs
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Bad paper means veterans can't get help from the Veterans Affairs Department. Now a law firm is helping them with obtaining a discharge upgrade.
November 07, 2017 -
Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin is launching a veterans benefit advisory board to begin a strategic review of the many and diverse programs VA currently offers.
November 06, 2017 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Department of Veterans Affairs has announced the launch of the Rapid Appeals Modernization Program (RAMP) to give veterans more options in claims disagreements.
November 03, 2017 -
Details on funding for the new program are still largely unclear. VA, however, believes administrative changes to the current Veterans Choice Program will save billions of dollars over 10 years.
October 24, 2017 -
The Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process has helped the military when Congress allows it. But the BRAC process might help the VA with its realignment.
October 24, 2017 -
As the Defense Department and the Veterans Affairs Department continue to move to electronic records, AMSUS Director and former Navy Surgeon General Michael Cowan describes what benefits the new system will bring.
October 23, 2017 -
The Veterans Affairs Department released its draft proposal to revise the current Veterans Choice Program, setting up weeks of passionate debate on what the future of the program should look like.
October 17, 2017 -
House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) said the legislation he recently introduced that sets up a BRAC-style commission to review medical facilities at the Veterans Affairs Department marks the beginning of a long conversation on the topic.
October 13, 2017 -
On this episode of CyberChat, host Sean Kelley, former chief information security officer at the Environmental Protection Agency and deputy chief information officer at the Veterans Affairs Department, addresses medical device cybersecurity.
October 11, 2017 -
A new House bill is named for a VA whistleblower who committed suicide. Another would give bonuses to employees who expose waste.
October 10, 2017 -
As Congress will soon resume debates over the future of the Veterans Choice Program, the American Federation of Government Employees is urging lawmakers to consider consequences of privatization.
October 06, 2017 -
The Veterans Affairs Department indicated more key announcements are coming soon about the next steps for its major electronic health record project.
September 29, 2017 -
The Veterans Affairs Department said it's having trouble meeting its hiring goal of 1,000 new mental health professionals by the end of the year.
September 27, 2017 -
Both the Veterans Affairs and Interior Departments are moving federal employees out of Washington, D.C., and into consolidated regional offices.
September 20, 2017 -
The Veterans Affairs Department fires its D.C. medical center director, Brian Hawkins. This is the second time the department has attempted to fire Hawkins for "ineffective leadership."
September 20, 2017