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VA, GSA each pushes major IT acquisitions to next steps
The Veterans Affairs Department will award a $5 billion IT hardware contract in the next two months. GSA will release a request for information for cybersecurity tools in the coming days. Both are examples of a healthy and busy fourth quarter for acquisition.
Tags: technology , acquistion , contractors , industry , contracting , GSA , Peter Burr , Transportation Department , Multiple Award Government and Industry Conference , cybersecurity , multiple award contracts , budget , Jason Miller ,
New bid to train social workers on military issues
A new program is being launched to train thousands of social workers on how to aid troops coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Tags: Michelle Obama , PTSD , DoD , DoD Report , Iraq and Afghanistan
DoD, VA encouraged to do more for returning soldiers
The secretaries of the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs testified about how the two agencies are collaborating to make it easier for military members to return to civilian life. Members of the Armed Services and Veterans Affairs House committees questioned them about various programs designed to help the process.
Tags: DoD , Congress , House Armed Services Committee , House Committee on Veterans Affairs , Leon Panetta , Eric Shinseki , Jeff Miller , Bob Filner , Transition Assistance Program , electronic health records , management , workforce , Esther Carey
Thousands of service members transition to private sector jobs
Some 250,000 service members leave the military each year and all must attend counseling on finances and other issues whether they served six years or 26 years, whether they saw the battlefield or not.
Tags: DoD , Labor Department , Transition Assistance Program , Center for New American Security
Obama memo bolsters protections for vets reentering workforce
President Barack Obama issued a memorandum Thursday calling on agencies to comply with protections laid out in The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 when hiring returning veterans.
Tags: Barack Obama , Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act , OPM , DoD , Joining Forces Initiative , workforce , hiring , Joining Forces , Returning Heroes Tax Credit , Wounded Warrior Tax Credit , Michael OConnell
Lawmakers tell VA 'no more hollow promises' to fix the claims backlog
The Department of Veterans Affairs has made strides toward increasing the number of disability claims it can process every year. But new claims from veterans are growing even faster than ever. House legislators are frustrated by the VA's lack of progress over the years.
Tags: Congress , technology , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , Darrell Issa , Jackie Speier , Allison Hickey , DoD , Veterans Benefits Management System , claims backlog , Jared Serbu
Thousands of veterans sign up for job education
Officials at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs say there has been an enormous response to a new skills-based program that pays for up to a year of education toward an associate degree or a non- college-degree or certificate.
Didn't send your kid to war? Maybe you can send $$
If you have military-age children who have not served in this decade's wars, then you owe a debt _ meaning money _ to those who did.
Tags: Iraq and Afghanistan , DoD , USO
5 vet aid groups to benefit from new fundraising
Three families are starting an effort to raise $30 million for troops and veterans through a new organization called Veteran Support Fund. It will be a portal for distributing money to five groups already working to help America's military community.
Tags: DoD , Operation Mend , Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors , Operation Homefront , National Military Family Association
Bill sets timeframe for VA to contact data breach victims
Veterans Affairs would have to contact victims of data breaches within 10 days under a bill approved by a House subcommittee.
Tags: DoD , DoD Report , cybersecurity , data breach , Joe Donnelly , Federal Drive
