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The Wall Street Journal
The White House has reshaped the federal workforce to advance President Donald Trump's priorities, emphasizing border control, veterans and the military while shrinking the size of the education, labor and housing-and-urban-development agencies, an analysis by The Wall Street Journal shows.
Compared with the political difficulties of the federal-budget process, strategic hiring is a quieter way to advance a presidential policy agenda and a practice employed by all White Houses to varying degrees.
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Military.com
Service members will have to complete a program meant to help them transition into civilian life sooner as the new Transition Assistance Program (TAP) requirements become effective Oct. 1.
All active-duty military, including National Guard and reservists, who served continuously for 180 days now have to meet with an initial TAP counselor, attend pre-separation counseling and start his or her individual transition plan one year before leaving or retiring, among other new requirements.
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Miltary Times
Veterans Affairs officials are distancing themselves from a memo circulating among veterans groups outlining drastic changes to eligibility for department's caregivers program, calling it a mistake and demanding staffers immediately stop sharing it.
The document, which was distributed to veterans families in at least four states, has raised concerns about more upheaval with the program, which has been the subject of intense scrutiny in the past two years for inequitable acceptance into and dismissals from it.
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By Seth Sandronsky
 Economic growth is slowing down. The growth in the nation’s gross domestic product declined to 2.1% for the second quarter of 2019 compared with 3.1% for the first quarter. In part due to this slowdown, the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee cut the federal funds rate by a quarter point from 2% to 1.75% on Sept. 18 to bolster economic growth, the labor market and price stability. What does the Fed’s move mean for business and workers?
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Military Times
Lorinda Stahley's job as an emergency room nurse in Florida is a far cry from her old military specialty, directing helicopters and keeping meticulous records from her vantage point in the flight tower as an air traffic controller.
At least — it used to be. But when she arrived at the AdventHealth Orlando hospital in 2014, she noticed patients were getting stuck in the waiting room because there wasn't a good system for notifying the medical staff when there was an empty bed. So, as director of nursing for emergency service and observation medicine, she made one.
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VAA Security Inc.
We're looking for all military personnel (Active, Retired, National Guard & Reserves, etc.) of all branches who seek an invaluable service in security that protect our clients and uphold a safe environment to each of their locations. We provide great pay and flexible hours.
You may use your existing security license, and/or, if not, we will provide classroom training to obtain your 8-hour and 16-hour certifications for eventual approval of your license via state application for armed and unarmed security.
Apply Today! Send an email inquiry to rworks@vetsaa.org, or call 1-800-590-2173. All veterans MUST be registered with the VAA organization to obtain gainful employment.
VAA Security, Inc. is a subsidiary of the Veterans Association of America, Inc. that provides detailed training for security guards/officer openings throughout the continental US.
Click Here for further information and/or for membership enrollment.
Military Times
The Department of Veterans Affairs is notifying veterans who receive their medical care at VA health facilities that VA will soon start sharing that health information with doctors they may see outside the VA, without notifying them first.
Under the 2018 VA Mission Act, the department is working to ensure that VA physicians and non-VA medical providers can access a veteran's healthcare information in order to treat them.
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Military Times
Veterans suicides rose in 2017 despite concerted efforts in recent years from federal officials and lawmakers to address mental health and emergency intervention services within the military community. Veterans Affairs officials noted in a new analysis that because of a data delay, their report does not take into effect any new initiatives put in place over the last 22 months. They also emphasized in the report that suicide prevention has become a major public health problem throughout the country, not just in the veterans community. "Veterans do not live, work and serve in isolation from the community, the nation, or the world," the report states. "The issue of suicide in the U.S. also affects the veteran population."
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By Catherine Iste
 As an avid follower of the Getting Things Done system, I am a big fan of doing something right away if it takes two minutes or less. However, I have found sometimes where, counterintuitively, it seems best to wait a bit before playing whack-a-mole with issues as they arise. Here are a few examples of when doing things right away may not always be a best practice.
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Thrive Global
Let me remind you, you are a powerful source filled with energy. Everything you have accomplished in your life has been achieved because of your energy levels influencing and pushing you. I’ve found it to be extremely beneficial to keep your energy levels balanced and uplifted to keep helping you excel. You have the power to let your energy bring out positivity or negativity.
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