Plan to replace ‘Choice’ also will modernize VA health system

Plan to replace ‘Choice’ also will modernize VA health system

Congress, the Department of Veterans Affairs and veterans service organizations will begin to spar this month over final details of a plan that not only will replace the much-maligned Veterans Choice program but empower VA to modernize large parts of its health care...
Plan to replace ‘Choice’ also will modernize VA health system

VA Seeks Partnerships to Build and Improve Health-care Facilities

Today, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) released a Request for Information (RFI) seeking interest from potential partners who want to support efforts to build world-class health-care facilities for America’s Veterans. Public Law 114-294, the Communities...
Category management contracts hurt small businesses

Category management contracts hurt small businesses

The federal government’s push to increase the number of category management procurement contracts, though good for saving money, can hurt small businesses, according to experts who spoke at the Small Business Administration’s ChallengeHER event promoting women-owned...
VA makes final decision on Louisville hospital site

VA makes final decision on Louisville hospital site

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has decided that its new Louisville hospital will be built on Brownsboro Road near the Watterson Expressway. In a record of decision, the VA said the site is “fully consistent with the agency’s mission to provide...
Air Force using Rapid Capabilities Office lessons on other programs

Air Force using Rapid Capabilities Office lessons on other programs

The Air Force is using its Rapid Capabilities Office as a model to speed up some of its other acquisition plans in the future. As more acquisition programs move from the Defense Department’s acquisition office back to Air Force control, the service is taking the...
GSA nominee wants competition at the task order level

GSA nominee wants competition at the task order level

Emily Murphy, the nominee to be the next administrator of the General Services Administration, sailed through her hearing Wednesday, facing few tough questions about her plans to improve federal acquisition, and promising to address long-standing issues in the Public...
Predicting a soldier’s potential for developing depression and PTSD

Predicting a soldier’s potential for developing depression and PTSD

Research published in BMC Psychology has found that a series of validated, self-reported questions administered to soldiers early in their careers could predict mental health outcomes such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after they return from deployment....
Plan to replace ‘Choice’ also will modernize VA health system

A good start at reforming the Veterans Administration

In the three and a half years since news broke of a major scandal at the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, the public has heard a depressing story of dysfunction, pettiness, and malfeasance at the heart of the VA health system. Employees manipulated their...
Virtual Therapists Help Veterans Open Up About PTSD

Virtual Therapists Help Veterans Open Up About PTSD

When US troops return home from a tour of duty, each person finds their own way to resume their daily lives. But they also, every one, complete a written survey called the Post-Deployment Health Assessment. It’s designed to evaluate service members’ psychiatric health...