Tag: Department of Veteran Affairs

House Subcommittee Seeks Answers From Veterans Affairs on $7.5 Billion IT Project

Since 2016, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has been trying to replace its aging and inefficient legacy financial and acquisition computer system with the Integrated Financial Acquisition Management System (iFAMS). The iFAMS overhaul is a project of the VA’s Financial Management Business Transformation (FMBT) program. At a June 20 hearing of the House Veterans’…


Tories Call for Investigation After Veteran Allegedly Offered Medically Assisted Death

The Conservatives are calling for an investigation into allegations that a Veteran Affairs (VAC) worker recommended medical assistance in dying, or MAID, to a veteran seeking treatment for his injuries. “It has come to my attention that a Veteran seeking access to treatment from Veterans Affairs Canada for PTSD and a traumatic brain injury related…


Australian Opposition Vows to Improve Veteran Support Services

The Australian Labor Party has pledged to repair the nation’s veterans’ affairs support program if elected to government on May 21. The announcement came one day before ANZAC Day commemorations (April 25), and stated that under the federal government, the current backlog of unresolved claims for veteran support has blown out to 60,000, something Labor…