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GAO Review Supports VA’s Changes to Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program, Likely Ensuring New Policy Will Be Upheld

GAO Review Supports VA’s Changes to Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program, Likely Ensuring New Policy Will Be Upheld

by Christian Southards | Dec 7, 2021

The Government Accountability Office released a report on Monday supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs changes to its Supportive Services for Veterans Families, or SSVF, program.  As previously reported by California American Legion news, the changes...
Report: VA doesn’t do enough to inform veterans with service-connected disabilities of their education benefits

Report: VA doesn’t do enough to inform veterans with service-connected disabilities of their education benefits

by Christian Southards | Aug 1, 2021

The Government Accountability Office published a recent report noting that many veterans with service-connected disabilities are unaware of all their VA education benefit options. The Department of Veterans Affairs has two major programs in this area, the GI Bill and...
Recent Government Accountability Office report highlights challenges the VA faces in modernizing and staffing health care facilities

Recent Government Accountability Office report highlights challenges the VA faces in modernizing and staffing health care facilities

by Christian Southards | Jun 11, 2021

On Wednesday, the Government Accountability Office released a preliminary report detailing staffing, communications, and planning concerns the Department of Veterans Affairs has struggled to rectify since the GAO began oversight operations in 2018. First among the...
GAO forces VA to reevaluate Electronic Health Record Modernization program launch

GAO forces VA to reevaluate Electronic Health Record Modernization program launch

by Christian Southards | Mar 20, 2021

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced on March 19 that it is issuing a strategic review of its Electronic Health Record Modernization program after a Feb. 2021 Government Accountability Office report recommended that the VA delay the program’s launch...
Black Veterans Project files multiple Freedom of Information Act requests against VA, citing documented racial disparity in VA benefits

Black Veterans Project files multiple Freedom of Information Act requests against VA, citing documented racial disparity in VA benefits

by Christian Southards | Feb 23, 2021

Black veterans have been “purposefully and systematically marginalized” by the Department of Veterans Affairs for decades, said the head of a Black veterans organization on Tuesday. Black Veterans Project filed three separate Freedom of Information Act...
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