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A Santa Monica parking lot mogul was arrested for defrauding West Los Angeles VA and paying off a VA employee in a bribery and money laundering scheme. Richard Scott, owner …

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Mar 30 2016

Lockheed Martin Cashes In On VA Health Care IT Fix

34 Comments / Medical Records / By Benjamin Krause

A company owned by Lockheed Martin was one of the 21 companies selected to score a bite of the huge $22 billion Veterans Health Administration IT contract T4NG. That is …

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Sep 30 2015

Major Patient Privacy Breach Alleged At Palo Alto VA

VA OIG just reported that Palo Alto VA Health Care System unlawfully gave patient data to a private IT company despite employees not having cleared background checks. The watchdog investigated …

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Feb 23 2015February 22, 2015

Oakland Regional Office ‘Lost’ 14,000 Veterans Claims

52 Comments / Ben's Blog, Disability Compensation / By Benjamin Krause

In 2012, VA OIG found 14,000 informal veterans’ claims jammed in a cabinet at the Oakland Regional Office. Management at the Oakland Regional Office then lost those 14,000 informal claims after being notified, …

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Sep 21 2012September 21, 2012

Governor Moonbeam Stands Up For Vets

Ben's Blog / By Benjamin Krause

As a child of the nineties, I grew up thinking of California’s Jerry Brown as Governor Moonbeam. He was a throwback to the hippie culture of the sixties and seemed …

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