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Working canines honored on Capitol Hill
Dogs that worked in Iraq and helped at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, receive first-ever American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards.
Tags: Michael Hingson , Congress , House of Representatives , DoD , Sept. 11 terrorist attacks , Pentagon , DoD Report
Project HERO examination puts VA Chief Business Officer Gary Baker under microscope
House Veterans Affairs Committee reviews reports that say VA can't confirm it's getting what it's paying for in pilot program.
Tags: contracting , management , best practices , health IT , Congress , Veterans Affairs , Department of Veterans Affairs , Michael Michaud , Belinda Finn , Gary Baker
Inch-by-inch to DoD-VA health record interoperability
A House subcommittee gets a progress report on the effort to reach "electronic health information interoperability" as an important legally-mandated deadline looms.
Tags: Max Cacas , technology , P&B , Veterans Health Records , Greg Timberlake , GAO , Valerie Melvin , Harry Mitchell , Phil Roe , Zack Space
Following the Veterans Affairs money further down the chain
When agencies get money through appropriations, the next step is to push it to the programs and projects that need it. But the VA may be having some problems doing so.
Tags: management , health IT , Congress , Department of Veterans Affairs , VA , Bob Filner , Rita Reed , Michael Finegan
Agencies reduce energy usage by 12.4 percent in 2008
All but three departments met the goal to cut down the amount of energy they use by 9 percent. Agencies also expected to spend more than a billion dollars in 2009 on energy efficient projects. GSA's new rule goes into effect today requiring new leases to have an Energy Star rating.
Tags: management , James Sullivan , Richard Kidd , Kevin Kampschroer , GSA , VA , Energy , Federal Energy Management Program , Green buildings , energy efficiency , Energy Star
VA reaping rewards from IT oversight
Agency CIO Roger Baker tells a House oversight committee that VA avoided spending $54 million on the 45 projects stopped in July. The money now will be used on other high priority programs. The Veterans Affairs Committee also wants to increase agency IG funding by $50 million.
Tags: mngt , technology , Roger Baker , Richard Griffin , Stephen Buyer , Harry Mitchell , David Roe , Brian Billbray , VA , IT project management , PMAS , inspector general , FLITE , cybersecurity
Veterans Affairs poised for new GI Bill
On August First, the Department of Veterans Affairs is expected to begin handing out the first benefits under terms of the so-called "post-9/11 GI Bill". The measure was signed into law late last year. A House subcommittee recently held an oversight hearing to determine whether the VA is ready for the new law to take effect.
Tags: technology , mngt , Post-9/11 GI Bill , Stephen Warren , Keith Wilson
IG: VA employees hid claims letters
A new inspector general's report indicates that employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs hid letters about benefits claims.
Tags: P&B , Department of Veteran Affairs , veterans ,
Six bills approved by House Veterans Affairs Committee
The bills range from the creation of a veterans job training program to the gun rights of veterans.
Tags: veterans , DoD Report
Bill proposes housing aid for vets who take online courses
The chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee wants to give returning vets who take classes online some parity with those who go to brick-and-mortar schools.
Tags: P&B , mngt , Education , veterans , Bob Filner ,
