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Bulletin: Scam Calls Impersonating the VA Office of General Counsel

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is investigating a telephone scam involving an individual(s) who impersonates a VA Office of General Counsel attorney. The individual(s) reportedly calls Veterans and requests money from the Veterans to process their claims for benefits.

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Lighthouse Micro-purchases

Today, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced that the first two micro-purchase work statements for Lighthouse, its Application Programming Interface platform, were officially out for bid on the VA GitHub site.

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Veterans Can Now Use My HealtheVet Credentials to Access Vets.gov

For the first time, Veterans with a My HealtheVet patient portal account can use their credentials to access benefits tools, such as checking the status of a claim, an appeal or GI Bill benefit, in addition to a variety of health care tools.

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Comprehensive IT Plan*

The VA has released a comprehensive roadmap for IT to modernize the Department and improve the Veteran experience. Quarterly update posted March 30, 2018.
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2017 Year in Review

Modernizing the systems of an agency our size and geographic breadth is no easy task. See how we did.

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