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VA to process vets' claims faster
Taking a cue from the Bible, the Department of Veterans Affairs has decided the last shall be first. The agency announced last week it will expedite claims for disability benefits that have been pending for a year or longer. Those veterans will receive...Tags: Career and Workplace, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Patrick J. Toomey, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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VA trying to move faster on benefits claims
Our government historically has armed soldiers with the technology necessary to succeed on the battlefield, enabling them to topple targets like Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. Washington finally is recognizing the importance of technology on the home...Tags: Career and Workplace, Science and Technology, Northampton County (Pennsylvania), Agent Orange Poisoning (1961-1971), Allentown
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The VA's latest plan to eliminate backlog of veterans benefits claims
Watchdog with Paul MuschickThe Department of Veterans Affairs has come up with several ideas to eliminate the backlog of veterans claims for benefits. It previously has announced a move to electronic claims processing and said it would expedite claims that have been pending...... -
Congress: VA official should be sacked for wasteful Orlando conferences that featured ‘Patton’ video
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelWASHINGTON — Two top Republicans in Congress want the Obama administration to fire a high-ranking official with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for not doing more to prevent wasteful spending at two training conferences in Orlando that... -
Waxman urges VA to start work on West L.A. site for homeless vets
L.A. NOWUnder pressure from veterans' advocates, U.S. Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Beverly Hills) has urged the federal Department of Veterans Affairs to begin long-expected work on renovating a facility for homeless vets at the West Los Angeles VA campus.... -
VA and veterans organization announced alliance to reduce claims backlog
Under fire for its backlog of disability claims, the Department of Veterans Affairs on Tuesday announced it would enlist the help of two established service organizations to speed the process. The Disabled American Veterans and the American Legion...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Disabled American Veterans, American Legion, Veterans Affairs, Colleges and Universities
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Michael Bloomberg, Wayne LaPierre talk guns on 'Meet the Press'
Staff writerWhich Sunday morning show will generate the most headlines? I'm leaning toward NBC's "Meet the Press," which airs at 9 a.m. on WESH-Channel 2. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and NRA President Wayne LaPierre discuss gun control with moderator David...Tags: CNN (tv network), Paul Krugman, ABC (tv network), Television Industry, Government
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White House chief of staff visits local VA office
White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough visited the Baltimore regional office of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on Friday to discuss efforts to address the agency's persistent backlog of veterans disability claims. The Baltimore office,...
Tags: United States Naval Academy, Science and Technology, Chuck Hagel, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Barack Obama
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Vets Are Owed A Better Disability Benefits System
U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki's visit to Connecticut earlier this month to promote his new all-automated claims processing system was just so much "blah, blah, blah," according to one unimpressed Vietnam vet. Who can blame veterans for...Tags: Veterans Affairs
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VA looks to veterans groups for help with backlog
As officials at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs look internally for solutions to a claims backlog that is drawing increasing fire from Capitol Hill, they are also reaching for outside help from some of the nation's best-known veterans groups....Tags: Government, National Government, Science and Technology, Chuck Hagel, American Legion
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Veterans' claims put pressure on Obama even as backlog dips
ReutersBy Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) - A long-growing backlog of U.S. military veterans' disability claims, which has stoked congressional anger, has dipped in recent weeks, however tentatively. But that is not taking any pressure off...Tags: Chuck Hagel, Wars and Interventions, Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, Politics
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Lawmakers press Pentagon, VA to cooperate on claims backlog
A bipartisan group of lawmakers pressed the Obama administration Wednesday to reduce the backlog of disability claims at the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving cooperation between the several agencies that have a role in the process. Senators...
Tags: Jeff Miller (Florida Politician), Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Science and Technology, Chuck Hagel
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