What efforts will the Army National Guard undertake to quickly implement this new provision?
Despite the real progress that we have made in staffing up the VA, a lot more needs to be done.
I am eager to learn more about the VA's plans to leverage the power of IT to improve the quality and timeliness of our b...
So it could go either way?
And is that going to apply for security measures related to the Post-9/11 GI Bill?
These men and women are coming home and their ability to get a job in the current climate is very tough.
So you have had a lot of conversations and you are hearing that they are interested?
I really appreciate your holding this hearing on IT solutions for benefits delivery at the VA; and I want to thank our w...
I recognize that the implementation of benefits delivery is challenging, but because of the compressed timeline and chan...
In recent years, SSA's backlog of claims for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits ...
You have had a year.
Thank you. The gentleman from Alaska made some comments about a little company in my district, Boeing, and the Boeing 78...
Mr. Astrue, I assume you are on the side of the clients in this issue.
I think that if you put two or three or four reasonable people around the table reading the cases, even these one-paragr...
Anybody can see the trend of the line for the last 8 years.
Isn't the trend line about the numbers of days waiting is exactly the same for the last 2 years? It is over 500.
It is now time for the agency to take bold steps to expeditiously reduce the length of time that a disability claimant m...
The average waiting time to secure a hearing for a disability claim at SSA is roughly 500 days, 16½ months.
