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Biden's recent moves stoking chatter about 2016
Tags: Disabled American Veterans , Joe Biden , pay and benefits , sequestration
DoD, VA joint e-health record ahead of schedule
The development of a shared records system between the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs is making progress thanks to several pilots. VA-DoD is taking the lessons learned from the tests and applying them to future pilots.
Tags: DoD , electronic health records , health IT , technology , Federal Drive , Esther Carey , Tom Temin , Emily Kopp
Report finds mixed progress on plain language
A new report details mixed progress on a law requiring agencies to write using plain language when dealing with the public. The Center for Plain Language awarded the Agriculture Department an "A" for its efforts, the highest score of 12 large agencies and departments it surveyed. The Veterans Affairs Department, however, earned an "F" for its mostly incomplete progress.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , plain language , Plain Writing Act , Annetta Cheek , USDA , management
VA redoubles effort to combat homelessness
The Veterans Affairs Department is giving $100 million in grants to help community organizations support at-risk veterans so they have stable housing. Leaders of the homeless veteran initiative at the VA and Department of Housing and Urban Development are among the Service to America Medal finalists for their work on the problem.
Tags: HUD , homelessness , veterans , Mark Johnston , Service to America Medals , Federal Drive , management , Esther Carey
2012 Causey Awards Winner - Mary Santiago
Mary Santiago, director of VA's Veteran Employment Services Office, was nominated for her work with the VA for Vets program.
Tags: Mary Santiago , VA for Vets , Causey Awards
VA tackles claims backlog with new priority approach
The agency will organize incoming claims into one of three categories based on the difficulty in solving them as part of an effort to increase efficiency. The Veterans Benefits Administration also is seeking other ways to reduce the number of backlogged cases such as new training for employees, said VA's Allison Hickey, the undersecretary for benefits.
Tags: benefits , workforce , claims processing , Allison Hickey , Esther Carey , management , claims backlog
In 2011, small federal contractors took it on the chin twice as hard
SBA released data today that showed the amount of total dollars going to small firms is down as are the overall percentage of contracts small businesses won in 2011. Agencies made only one governmentwide goal for SDBs last year.
Tags: contracting , SBA , small business , HUBZone , veterans , John Shoraka , Jason Miller , set-asides
VA stops downgrading its low-wage health care support staff
After protesters marched to the White House, VA's Human Resources Management Office issued a letter calling for a "temporary stand down on changes to lower grade actions."
Tags: unions , pay and benefit , AFGE , John Gage , Keith BieryGolick
VA wants to change vet-owned business re-verification from 1 to 2 years
The Veterans Affairs Department wants to change the frequency of reverifying veteran-owned businesses from once a year to once every two years, according to an interim final rule published in the Federal Register.
Tags: contracting , acquisition , Bob Hesser , Vet-Force , Jolie Lee , Federal Register , veterans
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: GI Bill , Jack Conway , Tom Harkin , QuinStreet , Government Accountability Office , Taeja Smith , Jared Serbu
