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Veterans group calls for legislative fix to VA contracting rule
Vietnam Veterans of America alleges the Veterans Affairs Department's service-disabled veteran-owned business set aside program is keeping legitimately qualified companies from competing for VA contracts. The group advocates loosening a rule that requires service-disabled veterans maintain unconditional control of all business decisions.
Tags: SBA , contracting , Congress , Bill Johnson , Thomas Leney , Ruben Gomez , Rick Weidman , Vietnam Veterans of America , Small business contracting , industry , House Veterans Affairs Committee
Panetta urges greater emphasis on mental health
In confronting a surge of suicides within the military, commanding officers must make it understood that seeking help for the stresses of war should be seen as a sign of strength rather than as a sign of weakness, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday.
Tags: DoD , Leon Panetta , Federal Drive , DoD Report
In Depth interviews - June 21
On the In Depth show blog, you can listen to the interviews, find more information about the guests on the show each day and links to additional resources.
Tags: Michael Hicks , Hart Rossman , John Sepulveda , Mike Sullivan , Jeff Steinhoff , Northrop Grumman , Cybersecurity Update , SAIC , Government Accountability Office , F-35 Joint Strike Fighter , KPMG Government Institute , In Depth , Francis Rose
My HealtheVet - The Gateway to Veterans Health and Wellness
Tom Temin, of the Federal Drive, has an in depth discussion with the experts and users about the My HealtheVet program. He reviews the clinical applications of the new upgraded system and what that means for Veterans today and for the future.
Tags: Tom Temin , My HealtheVet , Theresa Hancock , Dr. Ross Fletcher , Craig Carpenter , Madhulika Agarwal , pay and benefit , Veteran , health
Almost half of new vets seek disability
A staggering 45 percent of the 1.6 million veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now seeking compensation for injuries they say are service-related.
Tags: PTSD , DoD , Afghanistan and Iraq , Disabled American Veterans , National Guard and Reserves
AFGE Celebrates National Nurses Week - May 4th, 2012 and May 11th, 2012
This week on AFGE's "Inside Government" National Secretary-Treasurer J. David Cox, 8th District National Vice President Jane Nygaard and Legislative Representative Marilyn Park preview National Nurses Week May 6 - 12. The trio discusses challenges federal nurses face at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Bureau of Prisons and Department of Defense and highlights the union's Nurses Steering Committee.
Tags: AFGE , Inside Government , J. David Cox , Jane Nygaard , Marilyn Park , Bureau of Prisons , DoD , House of Representatives , Senate
Military Health System must balance old, new health IT
Karen Guice, the acting CIO for the Military
Health System, said her office is working the
Veterans Affairs Department to ensure the
transition to the new electronic health record
from legacy systems is as seamless as possible.
She said DoD and VA are working on a data
taxonomy.
April 5, 2012(Encore presentation June 14,
2012)
Tags: technology , Karen Guice , Military Health System , DoD , health IT , Integrated health records system , Barclay Butler , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller
Connecting People to People, Anywhere, Anytime, On Any Device
March 20th, 2012
This panel will discuss the leading trends to the adoption of Unified Communications, key benefits of moving to a UC platform and the acquisition process, considerations, risks and /or constraints agencies have to keep in mind as they move towards a UC platform.
Tags: technology , General Dynamics , Mike Krieger , Tom Temin , Army , Horace Blackman , John Walsh
DoD, VA improve health information sharing
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki are getting a first-hand look at how medical information sharing between the two agencies is working.
Tags: DoD , DoD Update , Federal Drive ,
Veteran strives to be 'part of something' in federal workforce
Andrew Goodrich, a ranger with the National Park Service, shares his story of being an injured Iraq War veteran finding a new home as a federal employee. He describes some of the challenges he faced and the accommodations his employers provided to to help him achieve success in the workplace.
Tags: Andrew Goodrich , NPS , Wounded Warrior Project , DoD , Operation: Warfighter , Workforce , hiring , Iraq , Marine Corps , PTSD , Michael OConnell
