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Department Of Veterans Affairs: "They Are Rearranging The Deck Chairs On A Sinking Ship"

James Dao | The Legal Examiner | September 27, 2012

Veterans Wait for Benefits as Claims Pile Up
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Lawmaker Wants To Cut Backlog On Veterans' Claims

Ledyard King | USA Today | February 11, 2013

The Florida Republican who chairs the House Veterans Affairs Committee wants to speed up the time it takes to process veterans' disability claims. Read More »

The Very Real Consequences Of Leaving Rape Kits Unprocessed

Emma Roller | National Journal | March 19, 2014

There are serious consequences when state and federal governments don't put enough money into DNA testing. Need evidence? Just look at Detroit.

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VA, DoD Plan To Accelerate iEHR Timeline

Molly Bernhart Walker | FierceGovernmentIT | December 10, 2012

The Veterans Affairs and Defense departments will have a plan by early January 2013 to "meet or beat" the previously-established schedule for standing up an Integrated Electronic Health Record. Read More »

VA’s Claims Backlog Continues To Push 900,000

Bob Brewin | Nextgov | September 21, 2012

The Veterans Affairs Department processed more than 1 million disability claims in fiscal 2012. The backlog of pending claims continued to hover just under the 900,000 mark with almost 600,000 in the system in for more than 125 days. Read More »

Veterans Still In Fight – With VA

Kathleen Miller | The Journal Gazette | November 13, 2012

With as many as 1 million troops due to become veterans in the next five years, on top of the 22.3 million already in the system, the agency is staggering under backlogs in disability compensation claims, bottlenecks in mental health care and criticism over a general lack of accountability.