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Announcements
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January 5, 2005 |
CQ TODAY –
VETERANS’ AFFAIRS
Jan. 5, 2005 – 10:24 p.m.
Smith Discharged Early From Chairmanship of Veterans’ Affairs Committee
By Jonathan Allen, CQ Staff
Rep. Christopher H. Smith, R-N.J., became a victim of his own successful battles to increase spending for veterans — and a living warning to recalcitrant Republicans — when House GOP leaders voted Wednesday to dump him from the chairmanship of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee
[More]
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January 4, 2005 |
Combat Wounded Toll Surpasses 10,000 Mark
Associated Press
The number of U.S. troops wounded in Iraq since the start of the war in March 2003 has surpassed 10,000, the Pentagon said Tuesday in a delayed update of its casualty data. [More] |
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January 3, 2005 |
DOD has decided to pay IU rated 100%
retired Vets However we are concerned that Secretary
Abell's letter to Dr. Kathleen Peroff on December 21, 2004 computed
$1.2B in added cost to this action, while our computations indicate the
2005 cost to be $168M decreasing to near zero in five years.
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January 1, 2005 |
CRLegislation Membership
Conversion All
CRLegislation donors have access to VETSPAC. Access to selected sections
of VETSPAC is based on the
membership level
you joined.
For the next month access to the VETSPAC forums is open to all users who
register in the VESTPAC forums. Forum access on VETSPAC will be open to
registered members of VETSPAC starting in February.
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January 1, 2005 |
The
DOD legal interpretation of the new CRDP law includes up to 23,000 rated
100% and 28,000 with between 60-90% and rated as Unemployable, and we
expect the final decision to be issued after the New Year. The VETSPAC
team lobbied hard for the 100% CRDP issue and helped to successfully
change the law! This could not have happened without Senator Reid’s
leadership on a focused solution with realistic legislation. |
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January 1, 2005 |
VETSPAC Values
 Innovative
Capabilities--The capacity to create and
modify strategies based on market opportunities.
Leadership--A leadership structure and
senior management team that promote an organization-wide commitment to
enterprise resilience.
Information Flow--A continual flow of
information regarding an organization's operations and markets that is
evaluated by senior management in making strategic decisions.
Culture and Values--A working environment
in which the adaptive qualities required for legislation are cultivated.
 Adaptive
Response--The ability to withstand
operational disruptions, risks and other threats without significantly
compromising an organization's effectiveness.
Risk Structure--A system for managing
risk that doesn't encumber or limit an organization's operations.
Legitimacy--The undisputed, withstanding
credibility of an organization within its market.
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