The Department of Veterans Affairs has partnered with two veteran groups as part of the agency’s initiative to reduce its compensation claims backlog by 2015. Disabled American Veterans and the American Legion
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has received a 4 percent funding increase in the White House’s budget request for fiscal year 2014, pending congressional approval. The additional $2.5 billion would go
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The departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs are taking a new approach towards integrating their electronic health records systems, Nextgov reports. Katherine McIntire Peters writes the departments will acquire technologies aimed at
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Deputy Labor Secretary Seth Harris has stepped in to lead the Labor Department on an acting basis upon Secretary Hilda Solis’ departure, Fedscoop reports. Harris rejoined the department in May 2009 in
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will remain in her post for President Barack Obama’s second term, the Washington Post reports. Citing a White House official, Scott Wilson writes Napolitano could play a
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Immunization records could be coming to the Department of Veterans Affairs‘ Blue Button system within the coming weeks, the nation’s lead coordinator for health information technology said last week. According to AOL
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The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded 20 percent of its contract dollars to veteran-owned small businesses in fiscal year 2011, exceeding the department goal set by VA Secretary Eric Shinseki. According to
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The Veterans Health Administration has launched a national recruitment program for mental health professionals, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki announced Monday. An estimated 1,600 mental health clinicians and 300 support staffers will join
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The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments’ health records system will be implemented at two joint facilities by 2014 but exclude certain applications, Molly Bernhart Walker of Fierce Government IT reports. Defense Secretary
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Officials are aiming to have the integrated Defense-Veterans Affairs electronic health record system fully deployed by 2017, Bob Brewin reports for Nextgov. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and VA Secretary Eric Shinseki told
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