VA triples spending on homelessness problem
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs on Thursday awarded almost $300 million in grants for homeless and low-income assistance efforts, three times what the agency spent on that program [...]
Two senators create ‘working group’ to whip veterans claims backlog
WASHINGTON — A pair of U.S. senators is hoping a new bipartisan working group focused on the veterans benefits backlog can speed solutions to the persistent problem. Read More >
Veteran Claims Backlog News is Good, Bad
The Tampa Tribune – Though Department of Veterans Affairs Undersecretary Allison Hickey delivered some good news at a meeting with Florida’s U.S. representatives Tuesday morning, [...]
House Veterans Committee Creates Site to Prod VA
USA Today – The House Veterans Affairs Committee Tuesday set up an online means of continually carping about the Department of Veterans Affairs — in this case, the way the department [...]
House Panel Issues Subpoenas for VA Training Conference Documents
The Washington Examiner – Stonewalling by the Department of Veterans Affairs over its lavish spending on a pair of training conferences in Orlando, FL., triggered a subpoena Tuesday from [...]
Study Shows Veterans Must Navigate Hundreds of Forms, More Than a Dozen Agencies for Services
FoxNews.com – A new study released ahead of the Fourth of July holiday sheds more light on the tangle of paperwork facing America’s veterans — showing they’re up again as [...]
VA Making Progress in Claims Backlog
Military.com – The Department of Veterans Affairs announced today that as a result of the initiative launched in April to expedite disability compensation claims decisions for Veterans who [...]
Ex-VA Leader Decries Explosion of Service-Connected Ailments
The News Tribune – Those criticizing the Department of Veterans Affairs for its enourmous backlog of disability claims are ignoring how recent laws and politics have turned VA into [...]
California Hiring State Workers to Help With VA Claims
AirForceTimes – California is moving to help the federal government cut the backlog of veterans’ disability claims with a new law creating a 36-member state strike force to help the [...]
DOD, VA Pressed on Creating Electronic Medical Records
Stars and Stripes – Lawmakers on Wednesday lamented stagnation in creating lifelong electronic medical records for troops and veterans, decrying a lack of leadership on the issue from the [...]