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VA modernizing its vocational rehab component for disabled vets

Vocational rehab is a major effort at the Department of Veterans Affairs as it tries to get veterans with service-related disabilities into gainful employment.

October 7, 2019 8:56 am
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Vocational rehab is a major effort at the Department of Veterans Affairs as it tries to get veterans with service-related disabilities into gainful employment. The specific VA component, the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service, has been doing some updating and modernizing. For details, Executive Director William Streitberger spoke to Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

        Learn how DLA, GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service and the State Department are modernizing their contract and acquisition processes to make procurement an all-around better experience for everyone involved.

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