veterans benefits

VA rule change could mean health care benefits for a million more veterans

Veterans with other-than honorable discharges have often faced difficulties in securing health care benefits. A new VA rule could change that.

Veterans Affairs

YouTube

Veterans Affairs takes on a new scam: pension poaching

Veterans Affairs

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VA and its unions have fresh meat to fight over

Federal Report

Cadets salute during the National Anthem prior to the NCAA college football game between the Army Black Knights and Massachusetts at Michie Stadium, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021, in West Point, N.Y. The U.S. military academies provide a key pipeline into the leadership of the armed services and have welcomed more racially diverse students each year for the better part of the last decade. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Service members who lose their job during deployment get more help in their corner

Federal Newscast

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Veterans Affairs ramps up efforts for post-pandemic help

Veterans Affairs

(Photo by Lenin Hurtado for the National Archives)

NARA calls in DoD to help resolve its backlog of veteran records requests

Veterans Affairs

VA restarts collection notices for benefits overpayments after COVID put them on hold

Veterans Affairs

Agencies advised to approach AI from an open, collaborative mindset

Artificial Intelligence

Veterans Benefits undersecretary instituted quarterly performance briefings

Federal Drive

Large amount of IT updates may have doomed Forever GI bill from the start

Federal Newscast

VA’s Shulkin calls for new, strategic approach to veterans benefits programs

Veterans Affairs

VA hopes to RAMP up claims review process for vets

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Department of Veterans Affairs has announced the launch of the Rapid Appeals Modernization Program (RAMP) to give veterans…

Federal Newscast

VA says hiring freeze is over — except for thousands of headquarters jobs

In the aftermath of the federal hiring freeze, the Veterans Affairs Department says hiring managers are free to fill most positions. But there are still…

Workforce

VA reforms & vetsHQ.com

Fed Access

Linda Rix, co-CEO of FastYeti Incorporated, will discuss proposals to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs, and how her website — vetsHQ.com — is helping veterans get the benefits they need.
August 1, 2014