The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking to upgrade its existing electronic health record system as the Defense Department holds a competition to upgrade the Pentagon’s EHR system, Nextgov reported Thursday. Bob Brewin writes
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The Veterans Affairs Department has made available $600 million in grants for nonprofit organizations that serve low-income veteran families, according to an American Forces Press Service article. The grants will be made available through
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The Veterans Benefits Administration could furlough more than 10,000 employees if it runs out of money from its mandatory spending accounts, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. Jared Serbu writes these furloughs would come
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Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki has warned that more than $6 billion in disability pay and survivor benefits will be affected if the shutdown continues past the end of the month, Federal
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The Veterans Affairs Department will expedite decision on compensation claims that have been on hold for at least one year. Effective Monday, VA raters will make provisional decisions on the oldest claims
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Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki has told Senate lawmakers the agency will go ahead in developing an integrated electronic health record system with the Defense Department. During testimony before the Senate Veterans
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Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki said the agency is making a commitment to clear the pending disability claims backlog by the end of 2015, according to an article by The Hill. Shinseki added
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Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki said in a speech to the American Legion that the depart VA has processed more than 4.1 million claims in the last four years, a figure unmatched
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The Department of Veterans Affairs is deploying a new electronic claims processing system nationwide at regional benefits processing offices in an initiative to eliminate the backlog of claims by 2015. As of
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At least three Cabinet positions will not see new faces for President Barack Obama’s second term in the White House, The Hill newspaper reports. Citing White House officials, Amie Parnes writes Attorney
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