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FILE-- This April 28, 2014 file photo shows the Phoenix VA Health Care Center in Phoenix. Sharon Helman, the former director of the Phoenix VA Health Care System, is suing the Department of Veterans Affairs to win her old job back. Helman argues in court papers that a key portion of a 2014 law passed in response to the wait-time scandal is unconstitutional and denies her right to appeal her firing. Attorney General Loretta Lynch says in a letter to Congress that the Justice Department has decided not to contest that element of Helmans challenge, essentially agreeing with her legal position. Lynch says Justice will continue fighting against Helman's reinstatement. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Innovation playing a larger role at Veterans Affairs

The Department of Veterans Affairs is operating on several fronts to keep its services to veterans up to date. One channel for that is the Veterans Health…

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Without clear standards, veterans are in the dark on community care wait times

Veterans Affairs

An update on the VA and DoD’s new electronic health record

Technology

A new initiative to prevent veterans suicide during self-isolation

Veterans Affairs

Telehealth could be just as important as telework in the fight against coronavirus

Veterans Affairs

Some MISSION Act care providers report not getting paid by VA

Veterans Affairs

DoD says it’s solved the most pressing problems in its EHR rollout

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FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2017, file photo, a crew with California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) battles a brushfire on the hillside in Burbank, Calif. California regulators on Tuesday. Dec.31, 2019 said that they have streamlined the state's permit process to make it faster to approve tree-thinning projects designed to slow massive wildfires that have devastated communities in recent years. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, file)

Interior touts success with forest fire prevention measures

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VA concerned about allegations against prominent federal labor leader

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Microsoft Corp.'s Bing appp is seen with other mobile apps on a smartphone in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019. Chinese internet users have lost access to Microsoft Corp.'s Bing search engine, triggering grumbling about the ruling Communist Party's increasingly tight online censorship. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

New VA mobile app helps vets track health care

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FILE- In this June 15, 2018, file photo, twenty dollar bills are counted in North Andover, Mass. Default on your federal student loans and the government can take up to 15 percent of each paycheck to satisfy your debt. The Education Department can also withhold federal benefits like tax returns and Social Security payments. Garnishment is an effective tool to recoup unpaid loans, private collection agencies enlisted by the Education Department took in over $841.6 million via wage garnishment in the 2018 fiscal year, but it inflicts serious financial strain on borrowers who are already struggling. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Agencies spending more repaying employees’ student loans

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Trump aims to stem vet suicide with outreach, local grants

President Donald Trump’s administration is seeking to stem the number of veteran suicides with a plan to boost outreach by awarding grants to community…

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New American Legion commander describes vets’ biggest concerns

Brett Reistad of Manassas, Virginia, was elected national commander of the American Legion on Aug. 30.

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‘Breakdown of systems and leadership’ pushes lawmakers to examine veterans’ health networks

Veterans Affairs

Lawmakers want to re-examine the structure of the Veterans Health Administration after a report the Veterans Affairs Inspector General referred to as “serious” and “disturbing.”

Innovation playing a larger role at Veterans Affairs

Without clear standards, veterans are in the dark on community care wait times

An update on the VA and DoD’s new electronic health record

A new initiative to prevent veterans suicide during self-isolation

Telehealth could be just as important as telework in the fight against coronavirus

Some MISSION Act care providers report not getting paid by VA

DoD says it’s solved the most pressing problems in its EHR rollout

Interior touts success with forest fire prevention measures

VA concerned about allegations against prominent federal labor leader

New VA mobile app helps vets track health care

Agencies spending more repaying employees’ student loans

Trump aims to stem vet suicide with outreach, local grants

New American Legion commander describes vets’ biggest concerns

‘Breakdown of systems and leadership’ pushes lawmakers to examine veterans’ health networks

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