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  • Military Update: Civilian furloughs expected to hit hard

    Tom Philpott Syndicated columnist

    The Obama administration pared back its plan to develop a single integrated electronic health record system for the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs due to shrinking defense budgets and rising costs. If the single system were built "from scratch," as planned, it would cost up to $12 billion, double the estimate given to Congress two years ago. These details came to light last week during a hearing of the House Veterans Affairs Committee where VA and Defense health officials had uncomfortable moments explaining the... Full story

  • Veteran programs falling short

    Tom Philpott Syndicated columnist

    House committees on armed services and veterans affairs held a joint hearing last week to review details of President Obama's plan to improve the Transition Assistance Program for separating and retiring military members, with a kind of five-to-seven-day "reverse boot camp" available by late 2013 to smooth transition to civilian life and employment. But lawmakers were more interested in asking their witnesses — the secretaries of defense and of veteran affairs — for progress on some older initiatives that so far have fal...

  • Veteran programs falling short

    Tom Philpott Syndicated columnist

    House committees on armed services and veterans affairs held a joint hearing last week to review details of President Obama's plan to improve the Transition Assistance Program for separating and retiring military members, with a kind of five-to-seven-day "reverse boot camp" available by late 2013 to smooth transition to civilian life and employment. But lawmakers were more interested in asking their witnesses — the secretaries of defense and of veteran affairs — for progress on some older initiatives that so far have fal...