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VA registers 'GI Bill' as a trademark
The GI Bill is now a registered trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The Department of Veterans Affairs announced it is now the sole owner of the phrase.
Tags: Katie Howard , VA , trademark
Vets say late pay from VA cripples their finances
As new vets go online, VA and others follow
Tech-savvy vets finding support online.
Tags: technology , Veterans Affairs , Army Reserve , DoD , VFW , American Legion , Afghanistan ,
Help for veterans
Tom Tarantino, chief policy officer for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, talks about the challenges facing veterans when they return home.
August 17, 2012(Encore presentation September 7 & 14, 2012)
Tags: workforce , Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America , Iraq and Afghanistan wars , PTSD , military healthcare , Tom Tarantino , Derrick Dortch , Fed Access , Department of Veterans Affairs
Investigation by states shuts down GIBill.com
Under a settlement announced Wednesday by 20 states' attorneys general, the Department of Veterans Affairs will take control of a website that consumer fraud investigators say has been used to mislead military members into making poor use of their GI Bill benefits.
Tags: VA , Jack Conway , Tom Harkin , QuinStreet , Government Accountability Office , Taeja Smith , Jared Serbu
DoD, VA, Education toughen rules against predatory colleges
Agencies are working toward implementing an executive order designed to crack down on "fly- by-night" colleges that target military members' education benefits
Tags: DoD , CFPB , VA , Education , Carolyn Baker , Robert Worley , Executive order 13607 , Jared Serbu , veterans
Veterans Affairs restarts some of its suspended projects
Veterans Affairs CIO Roger Baker does not give too many details, but says the troubled initiatives have plans and milestones, and are in a better place. VA plans on prioritizing its top programs and ending those that do not make the cut. Baker says for too long the agency has tried to do too much, and that was one reason for its failures.
Tags: technology , contracting , Roger Baker , Peter Levin , VA , program evaluations , Web 2.0 , innovation ,
VA preps to give benefits under new law
Tags: management , VA , Max Cacas
VA taking dual path to meet GI bill mandate
Agency developing two systems to meet Aug. 1 deadline and beyond
Tags: tech , Stephen Warren , VA , DoD , Navy , Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center , AFCEA , health IT
GI Bill has the potential to pump up the federal workforce
Tags: P&B , Jim Selbe , American Council on Education
