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According to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press, the VA is planning an "aggressive" reorganization that includes cutting 80,000 jobs. The VA’s chief of staff, Christopher Syrek, told top
officials at the agency that it had an objective to cut enough employees to return to 2019 staffing levels of just under 400,000. That would require terminating tens of thousands of employees after the VA expanded during the Biden administration, as well as to cover a spike in claims from veterans impacted by burn pits under the 2022 PACT Act.
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Media barred from covering top defense, VA health officials at conference amid concerns over care |
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Reporters who tried to sign up to attend the annual meeting of the AMSUS Society of Federal Health Professionals were told that the media was being excluded this year. The AMSUS conference is one of the few opportunities each year for members of the
military and veterans health community, the U.S. Public Health Service, contractors, vendors, the public, and the media to learn about developments and research within the Defense Health Agency, the Veterans Health Administration, and the Tricare health program.
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What do firings of DOD and VA inspectors general mean for military whistleblowers? |
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President Donald Trump raised alarm with his unprecedented firing of more than a dozen heads of inspector general offices during his first week back in the White House, including at the DOD and VA. Critics say the housecleaning is part of a larger
consolidation of power. But the leaders of the veteran-run Walk the Talk Foundation are hoping the president will make good on a campaign promise to “make every inspector general’s office independent and physically separated from the departments they oversee”—a change they say is critical to creating a system whistleblowers can trust.
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Blue Water Navy Act and VA disability benefits |
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The Blue Water Navy Act helped qualify more veterans for presumptive service connections for VA disability benefits. In this article, you will learn more about who these veterans are, what this qualification means, and the connection between the Blue Water
Navy and Agent Orange.
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If you or someone you know had a chemo port installed for cancer treatment and the port migrated, fractured, or leaked in the body 90 days or more after it was implanted, you may be eligible to join the lawsuit against
Bard.
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What You Can Expect When You Work With Woods & Woods: Part 1 - The First Phone Call |
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