Category Archives: vA news

VA STRATEGIC PLAN (ADDENDUM)

Posted on January 11, 2013 by asknod

Holy ICARE, Batman. (ICARE= VA’s Core Values:  Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, Excellence). I wish to thank my sister site Vet’s Network (not to be confused with Friends of Peggy) and a Vet self-described as “Disabled”for finding this one. What it … Continue reading →

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VBMS CRASHES UNDER INCREASING LOAD

Posted on January 10, 2013 by asknod

The much-vaunted ‘Take us into 2015 and go paperless” Veterans Benefits Management System crashed and burned under a light load in December. Response time for queries or filing acknowledgement sank to new lows as RVSRs howled in frustration. AFGE shop … Continue reading →

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MUSICAL CHAIRS AT VA HR OFFICE

Posted on January 9, 2013 by asknod

Gee. I remember this. In the Air Force when you were the poor O-2 wearing the slats and screwed up, off to Thule AFB, Greenland it was. They must have had a lot of openings up there in Air Force Purgatory  … Continue reading →

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LEGIONNAIRES DISEASE IN PITTSBURG

Posted on December 17, 2012 by asknod

I just got this in from Veteransclaims Blog site. How can you screw up the water supply in a building? It comes in from the street in a sealed system. It comes out of the faucet. Where’s the contamination?

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SENATE TELLS vA TO GET WITH IT IN 2013

Posted on December 12, 2012 by asknod

Well, here we go again. The Senate is now getting in the act and telling vA that they are running out of patience and expect some results as the Texas Veterans Commission (TVA) suggests.  This is becoming comical. Congress shouts and vA … Continue reading →

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vAOIG–ROUND UP THE USUAL SUSPECTS

Posted on December 12, 2012 by asknod

This is pathetic. The Playground Supervisors  (VR&E’s big, bonus winners) have been caught back east with their pants down.  Participants Misidentified    We reviewed a sample of 70 CER files and found 45 files were appropriately recorded in CWINRS as self-employment … Continue reading →

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vA–WHERE TO START IN THE PAPER JUNGLE?

Posted on December 12, 2012 by asknod

Here is a sobering assessment of where we’re headed- and where we’re not so headed-soon. As we all know, soon is also a vA euphemism for whatever “is” is at the time. “Sooner or later” actually was discovered to have been coined … Continue reading →

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VA–YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK PART II

Posted on December 5, 2012 by asknod

Never one to squander too much money on any one problem, vA is fond of flitting from one flower to the next like a busy bee. Addressing everything and nothing simultaneously makes it look like problems have been identified and … Continue reading →

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VAOIG–YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK

Posted on December 4, 2012 by asknod

In an exciting development for Vets, the Dept. Of Justice, in conjunction with the VA’s Office of the Inspector General, finally got around to measuring David Kwiatkowski for his new striped suit. He has now been indicted for the 30+ … Continue reading →

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VAOIG–SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

Posted on December 1, 2012 by asknod

I love these things. More VA deception. Millions, indeed billions are being save by this arm of the vA. Only one problem. The monetary fines imposed that vA is realizing are phantom income. As the miscreants are all imprisoned, their … Continue reading →

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