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13 Nov, 2006 8:11 am
... Three Class Action Lawsuits On May 3, 2006, a laptop computer and external hard drive was stolen from the home of an employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs, resulting in the loss of "the names, dates
of birth, and social security numbers of approximately 26 million veterans and active duty military personnel." In re Dep't of Veterans Affairs (VA) Data Theft Litig., ___ F.Supp.2d ___, 2006 WL 3230097, *1 (Jud. Pan.Mult.Lit. November ...
25 Sep, 2008 9:50 pm
... September 19, 2008, I am an accredited attorney for "the preparation, presentation and prosecution of claims for veterans benefits before
the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)." The purpose of
VA's accreditation program is to ensure that claimants for VA ... , dependency and indemnity compensation, and pensions. I hope that I have a continuing relationship with our nation's
veterans and the on-going privilege of representing them before the VA. The letter from the VA informing me that I attained ...
29 Sep 3:11 am
... that I talk to at seminars, was in disbelief that this benefit even existed. I explained that this benefit was not only available to veterans but also to their widows. You know how people joke about that light bulb going off in some one's ... for my closest of friends and relatives.
Unfortunately, as I tell all of my clients and seminar attendees, the Department of Veterans
Affairs is not advertising this benefit. The VA is not providing a lot of education on how to qualify or even who can qualify. ...
22 Jan 10:19 am
The Department of Veterans Affairs recently settled a
Federal Tort Claims Act suit involving a returning Iraqi War Veteran with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder who was allegedly refused treatment. The family of the deceased
veteran alleges that the VA hospital's refusal to treat their son after a suicide attempt led to the veteran's wrongful death via suicide. The U.S. Government agreed to
settle the Federal Tort Claims Act lawsuit for $350,000 however did not ...
8 Apr 11:00 pm
The Department of Veteran Affairs has launched an investigation into whether there is a
connection between improperly seterilized endoscopy equipment and a veteran's postivie HIV test. In addition to the positive HIV test, sixteen ... equipment that had not been
properly cleaned. The VA is offering free testing for hepatitis B, C and HIV to those veterans. The facilities in question are located in
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Atlanta, Georgia and Miami, Florida. The VA is reviewing procedures at other ...
13 May 2:27 pm
... website, the Office of Construction & Facilities Management publishes a Construction Contract Forecast Summary. This summary updates the public on upcoming Department of Veterans Affairs construction projects. Contractors can also
use it to identify new projects in their areas they can bid on. The site also includes the following information about upcoming projects: Project number Project summary Location Dollar
value Contracting ...
1 Jun 3:55 am
Why hasn't The Department of Veterans Affairs responded to
my claim… It's possible they believe that it was never sent! Do you know about the Shredding Incident that affected many claims for Veterans
Benefits that were submitted by veterans, family members and survivors of veterans?
Recently the
VA's Office of Inspector General (OIG) found 36 claims documents had been inappropriately placed in shred bins for disposal. VA ...
18 Nov, 2006 7:49 pm
Serviceman allowed to sue Veterans Affairs An Army veteran can proceed with a federal lawsuit
accusing the Department of Veterans Affairs of failing to
diagnose a parasitic disease contracted while he was serving in Operation Desert Storm....
24 Apr, 2007 8:28 pm
... is entitled to the same governmental respect as every other sincerely-practiced religion. It should not have taken a lawsuit to motivate the Department of Veterans Affairs to approve the engraving of a Wiccan
religious symbol, the pentacle, on veterans' tombstones. There ... , and Wiccans have their faith mentioned in official handbooks for military
chaplains and noted on their dog tags. Veterans Affairs officials no doubt shared the same view as
noted constitutional scholar George Bush, who said of ...
29 Mar, 2008 5:47 am
"A new edition of the popular handbook Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents by the Department
of Veterans Affairs (VA)...
5 Aug, 2008 7:30 pm
Freedom From Religion Foundation lacks taxpayer standing to challenge the Department of Veterans
Affairs' integration of pastoral care into the medical care that it provides to veterans and its use
of chaplains for that purpose: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued this ruling today. Freedom From Religion had lost on the merits before the district court, which
had granted summary judgment in favor of the VA.
8 Aug, 2006 2:10 am
According to a Department of Veterans Affairs press
release, a subcontractor has lost a desktop computer containing personal information on some veterans The VA says it was notified on Thursday,
August 3, by the subcontractor, Unisys Corporation, that the computer was missing from its Reston, Va., offices. They estimate the computer held information on 16,000 living patients,
with an additional 20,000 a possibility. The desktop computer ...
3 Feb, 2007 5:03 am
The Associated Press is reporting that the US Department of Veterans Affairs has lost a portable hard-drive that contained unencrypted records of thousands of veterans. See: AP Wire |
02/03/2007 | VA hard drive with personal data missing.
19 Feb, 2007 12:23 pm
CBO Testimony - Statement of Allison Percy, Principal Analyst, Future Medical Spending by the Department of Veterans Affairs before the...
18 Mar, 2008 5:45 am
Steven Rosenfeld writes on AlterNet: For at least four years, since the 2004 presidential election, when a veteran, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., was the Democratic Party nominee,
the Department of Veterans Affairs has blocked efforts to
help U.S. soldiers register...
9 Sep, 2008 1:53 pm
A New York Times report begins: The Department of Veterans Affairs said Monday that it would no longer ban voter registration drives among veterans living at federally run
nursing homes, shelters for the homeless and rehabilitation centers across the country....
26 Jul 6:16 am
... are to benefit in the future from the federal economic stimulus package under the HITECH Act to recoup a portion of the heavy costs that they will incur to implement their EHRs
programs. On the following day, July 17, 2009, the federal Department of Veterans Affairs ("VA") published a press release on its Web site that it will temporarily halt 45 information technology projects which are either behind schedule or
over budget. These ...
3 Sep 7:36 am
A big reason that I initially became interested in the law was the plight of my grandfather in the veterans affairs system. He came back from World War II and was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Thereafter, he was engaged in...
26 Jul 6:16 am
... are to benefit in the future from the federal economic stimulus package under the HITECH Act to recoup a portion of the heavy costs that they will incur to implement their EHRs
programs. On the following day, July 17, 2009, the federal Department of Veterans Affairs ("VA") published a press release on its Web site that it will temporarily halt 45 information technology projects which are either behind schedule or
over budget. These ...
16 Nov 2:46 pm
Department Of Veterans Affairs: Improvements Needed in
Corrective Action Plans to Remediate Financial Reporting Material Weaknesses, GAO-10-65, November 16, 2009...
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