Category Archives: Veterans Services

VA calls for more money for patient care

The Hill:  By Martin Matishak – The Veterans Affairs Department says the $16.3 billion lawmakers -->

HOSPITAL HORROR: VA patients treated with bogus medical equipment, supplies

By Jim McElhatton – The Washington Times -Unauthorized and potentially counterfeit, dangerous surgical devices and -->

Robert McDonald Announces Massive VA Health Overhaul

By Kimberly Leonard, US News & World Report:  The chief of the Veterans Affairs Department -->

Victims of Toxic Chemicals Fight for Benefits From VA

MSN News by Mike Magner: Veterans who were exposed to toxic contaminants during their service -->

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 -->

Tom Cotton First Iraq and Afghanistan War Vet Elected to U.S. Senate

Associated Press, By Charles Babington:  Veteran Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor of Arkansas lost his seat -->

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 -->

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Announces Almost $1 Million to Train Veterans, Military Families for Jobs in Transportation Industry

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced -->

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 -->

Surviving spouses soon to get tuition benefit

By Travis J. Tritten, Stars & Stripes: WASHINGTON — An overhaul of the troubled Department -->

Veterans Journal: VA’s town hall events seek feedback on benefits, health care

Providence Journal:  Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald has directed all Veterans Affairs health-care and -->

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 -->