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What New Veteran-Owned Small Businesses Need to Know About the Rules

by David S. Black, Mitchell A. Bashur & Amy L. Fuentes

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) support veteran-owned small businesses (VOSBs) and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) through the agencies’ respective VOSB and SDVOSB programs. These programs allow SDVOSBs1 to receive set-aside and solesource awards. The SBA and VA programs have continued to develop since being created. Unfortunately, both programs have not evolved in unison, resulting in a divergence of rules that creates compliance difficulties for SDVOSBs.

VA and DoD rev up for 2019 Suicide Prevention Conference

The VA and DoD have teamed up to host a Suicide Prevention Conference in late August 2019. The VA and DoD have arranged care teams, leaders, allies, and subject matter experts from across the country to talk and share information of public health-based strategies to prevent suicide nationwide.

NLSVCC Files Amicus Brief in Support of Class Action Appeal for Veterans

In Monk v. Wilkie, the plaintiff brought an action against VA Secretary challenging the length of time for the VA to adjudicate appeals. The case has a long procedural history in which Monk sought class action status that was originally denied, then overturned at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit level, and is now on remand.

Military & Veterans

Federal group eyes changes to military service, ABA told

"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." It’s been 58 years since President John F. Kennedy spoke his famous words, and the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service is looking for an answer to that question, said Avril Haines, a member of the commission. She spoke at an American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security luncheon on March 21.