Department of Veterans Affairs
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New regulations decrease the burden on veterans seeking treatment and benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder.
July 12, 2010 -
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The government is preparing to issue new rules that will make it substantially easier for veterans who have been found to have post-traumatic stress disorder to receive disability benefits.
July 08, 2010 -
More than 500 wheelchair athletes who are all military Veterans begin competition at the 30th National Veterans Wheelchair Games. Tammy Duckworth, VA Assistant Secretary, has details.
July 06, 2010 -
Auditors looked at 117 employee conversations to career positions from political ones and found most followed the rules. OPM is reviewing five of the seven that GAO determined to be improper.
June 30, 2010 -
The administration issues two new memos focusing on all IT projects and specifically on financial management systems. OMB will issue guidance in the next month detailing how they will evaluate which programs are at most risk. OMB\'s Zients says programs worth more than $10 billion are significantly off track in cost, schedule or both.
June 29, 2010 -
Veterans Affairs is looking for a virtual call center prototype.
June 25, 2010 -
VA plans on implementing software to monitor desktop computers every 24 hours. NASA is developing a concept of operations plan to move to real-time oversight. OMB mandated agencies know the status of their networks in real time by November.
June 25, 2010 -
Learn more in today\'s cybersecurity update.
June 24, 2010 -
Fighting stigma key to reducing solider suicides, military leaders say
June 23, 2010 -
The electronic health record system used by the Department of Veterans Affairs is getting a makeover. The VA recently announced it will spend $10.9 million to improve its Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture,…
June 23, 2010 -
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Winners have been announced in the most recent effort under the VA\'s Innovation Initiative, a department-wide program that brings the most promising innovations to VA\'s most important challenges by involving employees and the private sector in the creation of visionary solutions in service to Veterans. VA CTO Dr. Peter Levin has details.
June 21, 2010 -
Legislation calls for agencies to adopt computer power savings techniques, implement advanced metering technology and create energy data standards.
June 17, 2010