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Sen. Troy Singleton named chair of New Jersey Senate Military and Veterans Affairs Committee
State Sen. Troy Singleton has been serving in the Legislature’s upper chamber for just over three months, but he is already being named to a key leadership post as chair of the Senate’s Military and Veterans Affairs Committee. ... Read More
VA Announces Changes to Improve Delivery of Specialty Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Services
With a commitment to ensure Veterans receive quicker access to specialty rehabilitation services and equipment, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently implemented a rapid response team to expand staffing and training, ... Read More
Multiple Defendants Charged In Fraud And Money Laundering Scheme Involving Over $200 Million In Small Business Contracts
United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger for the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on April 3, 2018, a federal grand jury returned a twenty-two count Indictment charging three defendants with a 12-year fraud and money ... Read More
U.S. Army Seeks Small Business for Biomedical Laboratory Services in Hawaii
The U.S. Army issued a solicitation for a service-disabled veteran-owned small business that can provide biomedical laboratory services at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, HI. The last day a small business can submit a quote is Read More
Federal bill has provision to help veterans access health care
A federal appropriations bill signed into law last week has a provision aimed at helping veterans access health care, the office of U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, announced. According to the release, the bill directs the U.S. ... Read More
Army installations commander says time to scrap 2005 concept that created joint bases
More than a decade after the Pentagon began to consolidate the management of 26 military installations into newly-dubbed “joint bases,” one of the Army’s top installations officials said it is clear that the idea has failed to produce ... Read More
Ever Wonder How Army Decides What Medical Equipment to Field?
Army clinicians and medics often ask about what the process is for deciding what equipment or supplies end up in a combat medic’s kit or field operating room set. To help explain the process, the U.S. Army Medical Materiel ... Read More
DARPA wants to ‘slow life to save life’ with program that extends the ‘golden hour’
When troops are wounded, time is precious. That’s why the fast-ticking minutes that follow such an event are called the “golden hour.” Get the right care within the right time and you survive. Wrong care or an evac takes too long — ... Read More
VA Reforms Removed from Massive Spending Bill
A deal collapsed Wednesday to include multiple Department of Veterans Affairs reforms in a spending bill that Congress formulated to prevent a government shutdown. Earlier this week, the bill was set to contain a measure to overhaul ... Read More
MellingMedical Awarded Federal Supply Contract for Pharmaceuticals
MellingMedical, a licensed pharmaceutical wholesale distributor and verified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), was recently awarded a Federal Supply Schedule 65IB Drugs, Pharmaceuticals and Hematology Related ... Read More