Did RAND Alumni Take Swipe At Veterans Advocate Over Suicide Story?
RAND alumni Kayla Williams took a swipe at my reporting on DisabledVeterans.org covering the Jim Turner veteran suicide in her call for VA to...
Malpractice: Veterans Affairs Negligently Induced Deadly Allergic Reaction, Pays $500,000 To Settle Malpractice Case
Veterans Affairs recently settled a wrongful death lawsuit for $500,000 involving an 84-year-old veteran who died from an allergic reaction to the medication the...
Ex-Generals Use Veteran Suicide Hysteria To Oppose Second Amendment Bill
Retired Army Gen. Davit Petraeus and other retired generals oppose new legislation protecting some veterans’ second amendment rights.
Fourteen ex-generals wrote to Congress opposing the...
No Vacancy: IG Says VA Rejected Suicidal Veteran Before Suicide
VA OIG confirmed allegations that one VA psychiatrist refused to admit a suicidal veteran hours before he committed suicide.
Why?
The inpatient unit was full.
Had VA...
IDIOCITY: VA Public Affairs Tells Top Advocate How To ‘Help’ Veterans
After the VA imposed media blackout of a veteran suicide was exposed, VA Public Affairs decided to tell the advocate who exposed the suicide...
‘No Media’ For Minneapolis VA Mental Health Patient Suicide
A whistleblower disgusted by the lack of regard for the recent suicide of a Minneapolis VA mental health patient leaked the VHA Issue Brief.
According...
Is VA Playing Politics With Its Suicide Prevention Dollars?
Last week, a great deal of press coverage discussed the GAO finding that VA stopped spending its money on suicide prevention advertising, but little...
Federal Government Shuts Off Google Adwords Campaign For VA.gov After ‘Blatant Mismanagement’
One federal agency has apparently shut off the VA.gov Google Adwords campaign after the "blatant mismanagement" was exposed by DisabledVeterans.org.
Yesterday, I exposed that the Department...