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Ex-VA hospital official faults mental health care
Veterans are waiting too long for mental health care and are unaware that hospitals sometimes manipulate records in an attempt to make it appear that standards are being met, a former Veterans Affairs hospital official told senators Wednesday.
Tags: Veterans Affairs , Senate , Congress , Senate Veterans Affairs Committee
Educating students about war
Veterans National Education Program Co-founders Andrea Hooper and Bob McMahon talk about the organization's vision and mission.
April 20, 2012(Encore presentation June 8, 2012)
Tags: workforce , military , Veterans National Education Program , World War II , Korean War , Vietnam War , Iraq and Afghanistan wars , Andrea Hooper , Bob McMahon , Fed Access , Derrick Dortch
First lady boosts on-base jobs for service spouses
Opening another front in her nearly year-old campaign to support service families, first lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday unveiled a new push for jobs on or near military bases.
Tags: Joining Forces , Michelle Obama , DoD , Walter Reed Army Medical Center ,
OSC initiative zeroes in on worst vet discriminator - the government
The Office of Personnel Management recently reminded federal agencies that the White House has "zero tolerance" for discriminating against veterans in hiring and promotions. But the federal government is still one of the biggest offenders. Patrick Boulay from the Office of Special Counsel told the Federal Drive about a new pilot program aimed at streamlining the complaint process for veterans in the federal government.
Tags: Patrick Boulay , OPM , OSC , Department of Labor , USERRA , DoD
HUD, VA team with rocker Bon Jovi on app contest to help homeless vets
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, along with W. Scott Gould, the deputy secretary of Veterans Affairs, announced the launch of Project REACH — short for Real-time Electronic Access for Caregivers and the Homeless. Singer Jon Bon Jovi, who chairs the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation in New Jersey and is also a member of the White House Council for Community Solutions, was also on hand for the announcement.
Tags: HUD , VA , homelessness , W. Scott Gould , Peter Levin , Jonah Czerwinski , Jon Bon Jovi , Shaun Donovan , Aneesh Chopra , Challenge.gov
Wounded vets regain bit of camaraderie in kitchen
Wounded veterans who served during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars take part in a healthy cooking "boot camp" sponsored by the advocacy group Wounded Warrior Project.
Tags: DoD , Wounded Warrior Project ,
New program brings veterans into acquisition workforce
Lisa Doyle, chancellor of the VA Acquisition Academy, talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about an internship for returning veterans who want to be contracting specialists.
Tags: Veterans Affairs , acquisition , workforce , contracting , Lisa Doyle , VA Acquisition Academy , Federal Drive ,
VA's Blue Button technology extending to rest of feds
The e-health records technology pioneered by the Veterans Affairs Department will soon be available to the rest of federal employees in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program.
Tags: Peter Levin , VA , technology , e-health records , Federal Drive , Blue Button
VA offers free credit monitoring after mistaken data release
The Department of Veterans Affairs is offering free credit monitoring for one year to more than 2,200 veterans after the agency mistakenly released personal information of those vets online.
Tags: VA , cybersecurity , credit monitoring ,
Operation Jump-Start helps veterans find civilian careers
Ed Meagher, a vice president at contracting giant CSC, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss how Operation Jump-Start helps veterans find civilian careers.
Tags: Ed Meagher , CSC , acquisition , industry , Operation Jump-Start , veterans employment , In Depth , Francis Rose
