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28 Aug 2019, 2:53 am by Chris Attig
As a former government attorney myself (I used to work for the Department of Treasury’s Office of General Counsel for the IRS), I know how easy it is to lose sight of the fact that government attorneys have 3 clients: in this case, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the American taxpayer, and justice. [read post]
28 May 2018, 3:15 am by Jon Gelman
”Background: The Burn Pits Accountability Act (H.R. 5671) would evaluate the exposure of U.S. servicemembers and veterans to open burn pits and toxic airborne chemicals by:Requiring the Secretary of Defense to record whether servicemembers have been based or stationed at a location where an open burn pit was used or exposed to toxic airborne chemicals, including any information recorded as part of the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry, in the Periodic… [read post]
17 Jun 2022, 8:25 pm by Jon L. Gelman
Also, during a March Senate VeteransAffairs Committee hearing, Brown pressed Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough on how the VA can better deliver healthcare to veterans exposed to burn pits and concerns about the growing backlog of veterans’ disability claims.The PACT Act will:Expand VA health care eligibility to Post-9/11 combat veterans, and more than 3.5 million toxic-exposed veterans;Create… [read post]
11 Nov 2014, 6:48 am by Kelly Phillips Erb
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) estimates that there were, as of 2013, 22 million veterans alive; that number is expected to decrease dramatically over the next thirty years (slideshow downloads as a pdf). [read post]
27 Jun 2023, 1:03 pm by Laura Ray
”  The EO also directs the Defense and Veterans Affairs Secretaries and Office of Personnel Management Director to “consider new actions to ensure robust coverage of contraception for Service members, veterans, and Federal employees. [read post]
3 Jul 2019, 5:38 am by Tinker Ready
Example 2: A pharmacist employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs has been granted excused absence to participate as a speaker in a conference on drug abuse sponsored by the professional association to which he belongs. [read post]
27 May 2021, 6:00 pm by Jon L. Gelman
The Secretary of the US Veterans Administration announced today a major policy change regarding burn pit exposures. [read post]
2 Jul 2012, 3:28 pm by Nathan J. Forck, Attorney at Law
Richard Burr (R-NC), would require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to look back 36-months for any uncompensated transfers that a veteran, spouse, surviving spouse or child otherwise eligible for a pension may have made. [read post]
29 Jul 2019, 6:26 am by Tinker Ready
” VA PHOTO: Robert Wilkie, Secretary of the Veterans Affairs greets staff during his visit at WRJ VAMC [read post]
29 Jul 2019, 6:26 am by Tinker Ready
” VA PHOTO: Robert Wilkie, Secretary of the Veterans Affairs greets staff during his visit at WRJ VAMC [read post]
23 Feb 2012, 1:15 pm by Andrew Ramonas
His other posts include assistant secretary of state for international narcotics and law enforcement; principal deputy assistant secretary for inter-American affairs; deputy assistant secretary for South American affairs; director for Southern African affairs; and deputy director for Western European Affairs. [read post]
7 Jul 2014, 7:44 am by Robert Kraft
Here are the opening paragraphs of the article: The FBI will investigate criminal allegations, including the possible shredding of documents, at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility in Temple, U.S. [read post]
6 Sep 2012, 3:15 am by Robert Kraft
As part of our ongoing efforts to improve all facets of military mental health, this order directs the Secretaries of Defense, Health and Human Services, Education, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security to expand suicide prevention strategies and take steps to meet the current and future demand for mental health and substance abuse treatment services for veterans, service members, and their families. [read post]
5 Dec 2016, 11:47 am by Steven Koprince
 The 2017 NDAA states that these rules will take effect “on the date on which the Administrator of the Small Business Administration and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs jointly issue regulations implementing such sections. [read post]
22 Sep 2021, 4:14 pm by NARF
H.R.5317 - To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a program to provide technical assistance to States and American Indian and Alaska Native tribes for the development of veteran suicide prevention activities, and for other purposes. [read post]
3 Jul 2022, 12:45 pm by Patrick A. Malone
Just a few weeks ago, Denis McDonough, the secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (shown right), met a deadline from Congress to detail significant shifts in how his sprawling agency cares for former military personnel and their families. [read post]
21 Jun 2019, 9:00 pm by Kristyn Shea
Wilkie Orders Stay on All Blue Water Vietnam Veteran Claims On July 1, 2019 Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie ordered a stay on “Blue Water” Navy Vietnam Veterans’ Claims until January 1, 2020. [read post]
21 Jun 2019, 9:00 pm by Kristyn Shea
Wilkie Orders Stay on All Blue Water Vietnam Veteran Claims On July 1, 2019 Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie ordered a stay on “Blue Water” Navy Vietnam Veterans’ Claims until January 1, 2020. [read post]