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VA Launches Personalized Health Benefits Handbook
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
Veterans enrolled in the health care system of the Department of Veterans Affairs have begun to receive personalized booklets that explain their health care benefits and contain other useful information.
Nine VA Staffers on 'Federal 100'
Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
Nine employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including Deputy Secretary W. Scott Gould, are among the top 100 leaders in the IT industry, according to the 'Federal 100' created by Federal Computer Week.

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The United States Marine Corps Celebrates the Places Marines Call Home

In celebration of Black History Month, the United States Marine Corps is honoring the communities Marines proudly call home with the launch of the 2012 "Where I'm From" Black History Month campaign.

Building off the success of the award-winning 2011 campaign, this year's celebration includes a thirty-second (:30) "Where I'm From" television commercial, print advertisements, online displays and a mobile component that will be fea... Read More...

Links:
whereimfrom.marines.com/

VA Sees 'Paperless' Claims As Critical to Ending Backlog

The only way to achieve VA Secretary Eric Shinseki's goal for 2015 - that every disability compensation claim gets processed within 125 days and with 98 percent accuracy - is to shift to a paperless claims system. And that transformation has begun.

That was the testimony Tuesday by VA's top claim processing official before the House veteran affairs' subcommittee on disability assistance.

Tom Murphy, director of compensation s... Read More...

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www.stripes.com/news/va-sees-p...

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VA Committed to Ending Veteran Homelessness in Five Years
Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:00:00 EST

The Department of Veterans Affairs is determined to end Veteran homelessness in five years. A 12 percent decrease in homeless Vets in 2010 is a good sign the program is working.

homeless people sleep on a Miami sidewalk
Vets in Crisis Get a Chance, Not a Cell
Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:00:00 EST

Veterans Treatment Courts were developed to avoid unnecessary incarceration of Veterans who develop mental health or substance abuse problems.

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