US Supreme Court ruled on DUI laws across America. Laws in twelve states that impose criminal penalties on suspected drunk drivers who refuse to take a breath test to measure the alcohol in their [...]
Washington Times – A federal appeals court has upheld a much-watched Texas program that promises free college educations to military veterans if they lived in the state when they enlisted. [...]
Health Care IT News – The U.S. Inspector General accused the Department of Veterans Affairs of misusing $51.9 million in government appropriations to enhance its proprietary VistA [...]
ABC News – Less than 8 percent of veterans expelled from the military under the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy have applied to upgrade their discharges to honorable [...]
The Hill – Almost 30 percent of text messages sent as a test to a crisis hotline for suicidal veterans went unanswered, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released [...]
Stars and Stripes – With an effort in Congress to scale back veteran preference in federal hiring awaiting action by a House-Senate conference committee, a former top personnel official [...]
Military.com – Days after lawmakers killed legislation that would have cleared Veterans Affairs doctors to discuss and make recommendations about medical marijuana to their patients, [...]
The New York Times (Op-Ed) – The federal Commission on Care, set up to study the future of Department of Veterans Affairs health care, is to present its final report this week. Seven of its [...]
Military Advantage – The nation’s leading veteran services organizations are rallying behind the Department of Veterans Affairs and its beleaguered health care system, touting the [...]
Health Leaders Media – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is looking for 1,800 physicians and 44,000 employees of all kinds, David Shulkin, MD, the department’s [...]