Tag Archives: Veterans Services

Younger veterans heading to Congress in bigger numbers

The Navy Times, by Leo Shane III:  Next year’s Congress will boast the largest class -->

Joni Ernst: First Female Combat Vet in Senate

By Daniel Wiser, The Washington Free Beacon: Republican Joni Ernst became the first woman from Iowa -->

Justice Department undercuts VA explanations on not firing executives

Stars & Stripes, by Travis J. Tritten:  The VA says it has held off for -->

VA’s archaic archives give way to simpler computerized system

The Washington Post: By Amy Wax-Thibodeaux:Call it the demise of the old rubber thumb and -->

The Best Places For Veterans 2014

Forbes: You might not think of Pittsburgh, PA as the most promising place for a -->

VA removes first official under new firing rules, after two months of paid leave

By Josh Hicks, The Washington Post:  The Department of Veterans Affairs has fired the director -->

VA secretary defends pace of disciplinary actions

Military Times, by Leo Shane III: Critics of the Veterans Affairs Department want to know -->

GOP unhappy with new VA chief

By Burgess Everett, Politico: Republican senators are having some buyer’s remorse when it comes to -->

New Report Reveals Nation Still Not Fully Equipped to Support Women Veterans

U.S. Veterans Magazine:  While the federal government has raced to establish programs to serve combat -->

Many tie Iraq, Afghanistan War veterans’ illnesses to burn pits, dust

By Steve Liewer / World-Herald:  Burn pits used especially in the early days of the -->

Children of vets exposed to Agent Orange, other chemicals should file VA claims

Veterans Corner by Jim Vines:  Everyone knows Agent Orange is bad, and exposed veterans know -->

VA announces $22.3B IT services contract

Federal Times, by Aaron Boyd:  The “next generation” of the Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Program -->

On recruiting tour, Veterans Affairs secretary woos medical students

Associate Press, by Wilson Ring: Secretary of Veterans Affairs Bob McDonald at the VA’s headquarters -->

NEW: ALL VA APPEALS MUST BE FILED ON STANDARD FORMS

Standard Claims and Appeals Forms A Rule by the Veterans Affairs Department on 09/25/2014 Final -->

Support Awareness for Veteran Suicide–22 Veterans Commit Suicide Daily

On October 19, we will be joining with thousands of people nationwide to walk in -->

Bob McDonald has a 90-day plan to solve VA problems

By Henry Molsky, Cincinatti.com:  McDonald is quickly becoming known across the country as the new -->

VA settles with 3 Phoenix whistleblowers

By Heath Druzin: Stars & Stripes:  WASHINGTON — The VA has settled with three whistleblowers -->

Report: Services for Female Veterans Fall Short

ABC News, by Matthew Daly: The Veterans Affairs Department and other government agencies are not -->

American Music Project: Voice For Veterans St. Louis Concert to Support Homeless Veterans

The American Music Project: Voices for Veterans, an initiative of Give US Your Poor, has -->

VA secretary vows more changes, higher ranges of pay for doctors, nurses

 By Jennifer Hlad, Stars & Stripes: SAN DIEGO — As part of the effort to -->