Veterans Affairs

Beltway Confidential

Robert Gates: When government tries to build something big, it almost always fails

Charlie Spiering -

January 16, 2014 5:00 am

Red Alert Politics

[WATCH] MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski shuts down comparisons of Obama and Christie scandals

Katie LaPotin -

January 13, 2014 8:31 pm

World War II veteran Jack Cooper, 93, of Richardson, Texas, holds a sign as he joins approximately 40 others demonstrating in front of the Social Security Administration building in Dallas on Oct. 2. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Veterans Affairs under fire for proposed disability filing rule

Associated Press -

January 11, 2014 5:00 am

News

VA reports spike in suicides among youngest vets

Kevin Freking -

January 9, 2014 11:40 pm

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., recently defended the pension cut in an op-ed in USA Today, saying he stands behind

Disabled veterans to be exempted from federal pension cuts

Andrew Taylor -

January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Education

NY authorizes veterans’ school tax exemptions

Washington Examiner -

December 23, 2013 5:00 am

In 2012, of the $828 million worth of contracts doled out through agency reverse auctions, 99 percent were awarded to one contractor. (Thinkstock)

Reverse auctions could save taxpayers millions

Kelly Cohen -

December 11, 2013 5:00 am

A veteran who challenges an initial rating faces an average of more than three additional years to get a verdict from the Board of Veterans Appeals, according to agency reports.

Claims errors, long appeals still haunt disabled veterans

Mark Flatten -

December 11, 2013 5:00 am

Documents show six top administrators of the Veterans Health Administration received performance bonuses in excess of $16,000 last year. (Examiner File)

Work shift delays Minnesota veterans benefits claims

Washington Examiner -

December 10, 2013 5:00 am

Patients at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals are not being adequately protected from doctors who have histories of providing substandard treatment, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. (AP Photo)

Healthcare

Slow and sloppy review procedures endanger patients at Veterans Affairs hospitals, GAO finds

Mark Flatten -

December 4, 2013 5:00 am

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