Category Archives: vA news

VA FY 2013 Budget mysteries

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Laura

I’ve spent too much time looking in the VA budget for the line item for grant payments to VSOs without success.  The VSOs serve under the VA’s Office of General Counsel as accredited partners and have read-only access to CAPRI … Continue reading →

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VET SUES VA AND WINS OVER HCV

Posted on November 23, 2012 by asknod

How many times have you been told that HCV is not a “robust” virus? That it cannot be transmitted via sex or jetguns? That it’s highly improbable that any Veterans ever picked up this bug in service in spite of … Continue reading →

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By the numbers: NCVAS

Posted on November 17, 2012 by joeaveragevet

Where does all the VA’s money go?  The VA likes to tell the public it goes “for Veterans” but does it really? The VA loves to keep “its numbers” under wraps.   I don’t think they like to answer “hard … Continue reading →

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VNN ON VETERANS

Posted on November 14, 2012 by asknod

Shawn sends us this Veterans News Now article. I should put them on twitter. This is a great article but I don’t buy all the statistics. I see 27 million Vets according to all that’s available. No shocking statistics on the incredible … Continue reading →

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$43,018 Orlando conference cash “awards” to VA employees

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Laura

Small chunks of information in the VA OIG investigative report, released on Sept. 30, 2012, reveal a great deal about the dysfunctional management of the VA at the highest levels. In FY 2011, 15 VA employees received cash awards for … Continue reading →

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FOIA– SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE BONUS PROGRAM 2010

Posted on November 2, 2012 by asknod

I bet you always wondered what those “bonuses” amounted to when mentioned by vA for service above and beyond the call of duty. Well, pilgrim, an FOIA can move mountains. I received this several weeks ago and my addled brain tells me … Continue reading →

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FACEBOOK FROM PATRICIA

Posted on November 1, 2012 by asknod

HCVETS Founder Patricia Lupole posted this on my facebook page today.  This is sadly all too true day in and day out. That’s a lot of troops and former ones. Every day. You would think vA might get apoplectic over … Continue reading →

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VA–HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM.

Posted on October 28, 2012 by asknod

I often wondered about this. Considering this site is not exactly pro-vA on any given  decade, I wondered if the day would come when I found them camped out on the country road in and out of my neighborhood snapping … Continue reading →

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vAMC– $10 MILLION FOR SMOOTHIE SHAKES?

Posted on October 22, 2012 by asknod

And we wonder why vA is up poop creek without a rowing device.  Read this one and try to keep a straight face. I advocate for a simple study to determine whether HCV can be transmitted via a jetgun and … Continue reading →

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CONGRESS WANTS vA CHIEF OF STAFF OUT NOW

Posted on October 22, 2012 by asknod

I guess it wasn’t a secret but Shawn sent me this. Heap big trouble for Chief. Congress on warpath. Circle the Teepees. Hide the squaws. vA’s troubles are not going to abate. Much like the cowboy who shoots himself in … Continue reading →

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