VA Testimony before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity

2008 (110th Congress, Second Session)

• Keith Pedigo, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Program Management, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs' strategy for implementation of the Post-9/11 GI Bill (chapter 33 of title 38, United States Code).
  
  

• William Fillman, Director, Central Area, Veterans Benefits Administration, before a House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity field hearing in Rapid City, South Dakota, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs Transition Assistance Program and other outreach efforts to support separating servicemembers and their families during their transition from military to civilian life.
  
  

• Ruth Fanning, Director, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before a House Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing to discuss the independent living services provided by VA's Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment program.
  
  

• Keith Pedigo, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Program Management, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss a number of bills that would affect several benefit programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

• Keith Pedigo, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Program Management, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss expiring Department of Veterans Affairs programs.
  
  

• Keith Wilson, Director, Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss a number of bills that would, in the main, affect educational assistance programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

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2007 (110th Congress, First Session)

• Keith Wilson, Director, Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss the current state of the Montgomery GI Bill and potential ways to improve upon its success and the success of the other educational assistance programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

• Keith Wilson, Director, Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss Department of Veterans Affairs education benefits for licensing and certification testing.
  
  

• Willie Hensley, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Resources Management, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss veterans' preference and the Department of Veterans Affairs' success in recruiting, and hiring veterans.
  
  

• Scott Denniston, Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization and the Center for Veterans Enterprise, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss Contract Bundling Oversight.
  
  

• Robert Howard, Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss IT asset management within the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

• Keith Pedigo, Director, Loan Guaranty Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs Specially Adaptive Housing programs.
  
  

• Scott Denniston, Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization and the Center for Veterans Enterprise, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss the current state of the Federal Veterans' Entrepreneurship Program.
  
  

• Keith Wilson, Director, Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to provide an overview of the accelerated payment benefit and the courses of study that qualify for accelerated payment.
  
  

• Keith Wilson, Director, Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs education benefit programs and the role of State Approving Agencies.
  
  

• Keith Wilson, Director, Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss the two education benefit programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs for National Guard and Reserve members of the United States Armed Forces, namely, the Montgomery GI Bill-Selected Reserve, chapter 1606 of title 10, United States Code, and the Reserve Educational Assistance Program, chapter 1607 of title 10, United States Code.
  
  

• Keith Wilson, Director, Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs education benefit programs.
  
  
• Bill Borom, Deputy Director, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  
• Keith Pedigo, Director, Loan Guaranty Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs Loan Guaranty Program and our commitment to meeting the housing needs of our nation's veterans.
  
  

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2006 (109th Congress, Second Session)

• Gordon Mansfield, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to testify on VA's actions regarding the recommendations of the "Report of the Congressional Commission on Servicemembers and Veterans Transition Assistance."
  
  

• Keith Wilson, Director, Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel and the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss the the Department of Veterans Affairs education benefit programs.
  
  

• Ronald Aument, Deputy Undersecretary for Benefits, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss data security in the Veterans Benefits Administration.
  
  

• William Fillman, Director, Central Area of the Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss the role of the Veterans Benefits Administration in providing transitional assistance to members of the National Guard and Reserves in the State of South Dakota.
  
  

• Gordon Mansfield, Deputy Secretary, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to present the Administration's views on draft legislation and technical amendments.
  
  

• Judith Caden, Director, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunities, to discuss specific elements of the Department of Veterans Affairs' Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.
  
  

• Ronald Aument, Deputy Undersecretary for Benefits, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs' 2007 budget requests for the Education, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment, and Loan Guaranty programs.
  
  

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2005 (109th Congress, First Session)

• James Whitson, Director, Eastern Area Veterans Benefits Administration, before a House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity field hearing, to discuss the role of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in providing transition assistance for members of the National Guard and Reserves, and the comprehensive transition assistance provided to members of the National Guard and Reserves by the Manchester Regional Office.
  
  
• Timothy Beebe, Northeast Regional Manager, Readjustment Counseling Service, before a House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity field hearing, to discuss the activities of VA's Vet Center program and the role it plays in providing outreach and care to veterans returning from Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and the role of the Vet Centers in the recent New Hampshire National Guard Reverse Soldier Readiness Program.
  
  

• Keith Pedigo, Director, Loan Guaranty Service, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, regarding veterans-related legislation before the 109th Congress.
  
  

• Judith Caden, Director, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, regarding the Transition Assistance Program and Disabled Transition Assistance Program.
  
  

• Jack McCoy, Director, Education Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, regarding the Administration's views on three bills that would affect Department of Veterans Affairs programs providing veterans' benefits and services.
  
  

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