⚖️VA Suspends Sections of Executive Order 12171 Affecting Labor Relations
An Executive Order (E.O.), issued on March 27, 2025, provides the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) with delegated authority to suspend the application of sections of a separate Executive Order to any subdivision of the VA that he supervises, thereby bringing those subdivisions under the coverage of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute.
Learn More💵Veterans Pension and DIC Programs COLA Adjustments Announced
As required by law, VA is hereby giving notice of COLA in certain benefit rates and income limitations. These COLAs affect the Pension and Parents' DIC programs. The rate of the adjustment is tied to the increase in Social Security benefits effective December 1, 2024, as announced by the Social Security Administration (SSA). SSA has announced an increase of 2.5%.
Learn More🏛️Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials Meeting Notice
The Department of Veterans Affairs announces the annual meeting of the Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials, focusing on national cemetery administration and burial benefits. The sessions, open to the public, will include discussions and opportunities for public comments, as well as site tours of veteran cemeteries in Arizona.
Learn More🏥Notice of Health Systems Research Scientific Merit Review Board Meeting
The Department of Veterans Affairs announces a meeting of the Health Systems Research Scientific Merit Review Board, which will discuss research proposals focusing on improving the quality of life for disabled veterans. The meeting will include both open and closed sessions, emphasizing the review of scientific merit and qualifications of personnel involved in the research.
Learn More📄VA Procurement Policy Notice on Architect-Engineer Fee Proposals
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Procurement Policy and Warrant Management Service, Office of Procurement Policy, Systems and Oversight, Office of Acquisition and Logistics, Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and burden, and it includes the actual data collection instrument.
Learn More📜Withdrawal of Notice on Veterans Affairs Disability Insurance Benefits
On Tuesday, January 7, 2025 the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), published a notice in the Federal Register announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection Claim for Disability Insurance Benefits, Government Life Insurance, VA Form 29-357. This notice was published in error; therefore, this document corrects that error by withdrawing this FR notice.
Learn More🏥New Rule for Veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is issuing this interim final rule (IFR) to amend its adjudication regulations to establish presumptive service connection for acute leukemias, chronic leukemias, multiple myelomas, myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), and myelofibrosis due to exposure to Particulate Matter 2.5 (PM<INF>2.5</INF>). The new presumptions would apply to veterans who served on active military, naval, air, or space service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations or Somalia during the Persian Gulf War (hereafter Gulf War) on or after August 2, 1990, and in Afghanistan, Syria, Djibouti, Uzbekistan, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Yemen during the Gulf War on or after September 11, 2001.
Learn More🏅Notice for Nominations to Advisory Committee on Former POWs
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War (the Committee or FPOW), is seeking nominations of qualified candidates to be considered for appointment as a member of the Committee.
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