Archive for February, 2010

Feb201027

Donnie La Curan

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Veterans Support Organization (VSO) Launches Grand Opening of Training Center to Serve Homeless and Disabled Veterans of New York, Connecticut and New Jersey

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ –  In answer to the growing problem of homeless and unemployed veterans, in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, the Veterans Support Organization, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation, has opened an 8,500 sq. ft. veterans center designed to provide employment and life skills training to disadvantaged/homeless/unemployed U.S. veterans. The Grand [...]

Feb201026

Donnie La Curan

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Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Against Mort’s Concrete Inc., and Owner to Enforce Employment Rights of Wisconsin Army National Guardsman

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement in its lawsuit filed on behalf of Wisconsin Army National Guardsman Rocco Sylvester Jr., against Mort’s Concrete Inc. and Kevin Mortimer. The department’s complaint in this case, filed in October 2009, alleged that Mort’s Concrete and Mortimer violated [...]

Feb201026

Donnie La Curan

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VA Announces $41 Million in Construction Contracts for San Antonio

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced the award of two contracts totaling $41.5 million to create a “polytrauma center” that cares for the most severely injured Veterans and to improve the existing wards at the Audie L. Murphy VA Medical Center. “A top priority for VA is providing greater [...]

Feb201025

Donnie La Curan

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Wounded Warrior Project’s Soldier Ride Returns to Texas

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ — From March 24 – 27 and for the third consecutive year, over 30 wounded warriors from across the country will be biking the Lone Star State as part of Soldier Ride Texas.  This year, civilian supporters will also have the chance to participate in a registered charity ride on [...]

Feb201025

Donnie La Curan

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Web Site Offers Single Access Point for Wounded Warriors

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The federal departments of Veterans Affairs, Labor and Defense unveiled today an improved Web site for wounded warriors. “VA is committed to tapping into the full powers of the Internet to provide accurate, timely, easy to find and easy to understand information that improves the lives of Veterans, service members, [...]

Feb201024

Donnie La Curan

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Tax Law Can Help Reduce Burden On Military Spouses

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The Military Spouses Residency Relief Act of 2009 could potentially help thousands of active duty service persons and members of the National Guard reduce the complexity of state income tax and personal property tax issues when married, stated Jackson Hewitt Tax Service®.  The Company reminds military taxpayers of the [...]

Feb201024

Donnie La Curan

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Lt. General (Ret.) Ricardo ‘Ric’ Sanchez, Former Commander of Multinational Forces-Iraq, Newly Elected Chairman of Veterans Across America, to Host Washington, D.C. Conference

NEW YORK, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ — Veterans Across America (VAA), a nonprofit that helps veterans get jobs and start businesses, proudly announces that LTG Ricardo “Ric” Sanchez, former Commander of Multinational Forces-Iraq, has been elected as Chairman of the Board of VAA — and will host the organization’s upcoming conference in Washington, D.C., “Champion Mentoring: [...]

Feb201023

Donnie La Curan

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VA Expands Evaluation of Technology Projects

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced that all information technology (IT) projects at the Department will now be managed under its program management and accountability system (PMAS). “We will end projects that don’t work, streamline those that do, and focus on the responsibility we have for achieving maximum value [...]

Feb201023

Donnie La Curan

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VA Begins Nationwide GI Bill Advertising Campaign to Reach Student Veterans and Schools

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today announced a two-month, nationwide advertising campaign to assist student Veterans and servicemembers applying for the Post-9/11 GI Bill. “VA, student Veterans and our schools have made significant progress in implementing the GI Bill this spring, but we still have more to do,” said [...]

Feb201023

Donnie La Curan

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VA Education Call Center Again Operating Five Days a Week

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today announced that the Education Call Center, closed on Thursdays and Fridays over the past two months, is again operating five days a week. “I am pleased by the progress these call center employees made in significantly cutting our pending inventory of education claims,” [...]

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