Veterans, connecting your docs with the Veterans Health Information Exchange (VHIE), also known as the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) Health program lets you share important parts of your Veteran health record between the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and your community health care providers who participate in this program.
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VA is Using Data to Improve Veterans’ Lives
What is VA Open Data? The VA is working to make information resources easier to find, access and use, while protecting individual personal data. VA’s Open Data initiative strives to provide easy access to information that can fuel entrepreneurship, innovation and public policy research, such as: Patterns and comparative rates of health conditions for vulnerable […]
BLS Data – May 2017
As with the first Friday of each month, the BLS employment statistics were released today. Attached is our monthly ‘cheat sheet’ for your use and information. The national unemployment rate for May 2017 decreased slightly from 4.4% to 4.3% and the Veteran unemployment numbers for May 2017 decreased from 3.7% to 3.4%. Thanks to all […]
BLS Data – March 2017 and 1st Quarter 2017
As with the first Friday of each month, the BLS employment statistics were released today. We have also included the 1st quarter 2017 statistic report. Attached is our monthly ‘cheat sheet’ for your use and information. The national unemployment rate for March 2017 decreased slightly from 4.7% to 4.5% and the Veteran unemployment numbers for […]
Safeguarding the Integrity of GI Bill Benefits
Over the past few years you may have heard us using phrases like, “safeguarding the integrity of GI Bill benefits” and “protecting our beneficiaries from bad actors,” – but what does this really mean?
Fry Scholarship / Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance (DEA) Update
Everyone knows VA provides many programs for veterans and their families to assist with life after the military, but did you know that VA has GI Bill programs that offer education assistance to survivors and dependents of veterans?
BLS Data – February 2017
The February 2017 BLS employment statistics were released today. Attached is our monthly ‘cheat sheet’ for your use and information. The national unemployment rate for February 2017 decreased slightly from 4.8% to 4.7% and the Veteran unemployment numbers for February 2017 decreased from 4.5% to 3.9%. Thanks to all of you who are working directly […]
BLS Data – December 2016, 4th Quarter 2016 and 2016 Annual
Happy New Year! As with the first Friday of each month, the BLS employment statistics were released today. Attached is our monthly ‘cheat sheet’ for your use and information. We have also provided the 4th quarter 2016 statistics report along with the 2016 annual report. The national unemployment rate for December 2016 increased slightly from […]
BLS Data – November 2016
As with the first Friday of each month, the BLS employment statistics were released today. Attached is our monthly ‘cheat sheet’ for your use and information. The national unemployment rate for November 2016 decreased from 4.9% to 4.6% and the Veteran unemployment numbers for November 2016 increased from 4.3% to 4.8%. Thanks to all of […]
BLS Data – October 2016
As with the first Friday of each month, the BLS employment statistics were released today. Attached is our monthly ‘cheat sheet’ for your use and information. The national unemployment rate for October 2016 decreased slightly from 5.0% to 4.9% and the Veteran unemployment numbers for October 2016 remained unchanged at 4.3%. Thanks to all of […]
The VA Home Loan Guaranty Program
Since 1944, VA has backed over 22 million home loans for Veterans and their families. The program provides a guaranty for mortgage loans made by private lenders to eligible Veterans. The guaranty backing effectively eliminates the need for a down payment, helping Veterans afford homeownership.
BLS Data – September 2016 and 3rd Quarter 2016
As with the first Friday of each month, the BLS employment statistics were released today. Attached is our monthly ‘cheat sheet’ for your use and information. We have also included the 3rd quarter 2016 statistic report. The national unemployment rate for September 2016 increased slightly from 4.9% to 5.0% and the Veteran unemployment numbers for September […]