Hacker News with Generative AI: Veterans

DOGE's AI Push at the Department of Veterans Affairs (wired.com)
Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been clear about its plans to fire tens of thousands of employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs. New WIRED reporting sheds light on the specific DOGE operatives at the VA and the ways they’re trying to infiltrate and drastically change the agency.
AI, Government, Veterans, Politics, Elon Musk
6 points by panic 22 days ago | 0 comments
Vets Who Code (vetswhocode.io)
VetsWhoCode is a veteran-led 501(c)(3) committed to empowering veterans and military spouses through a high-quality, AI-powered software engineering training program.
Veterans, Non-Profits, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence
63 points by mooreds 26 days ago | 52 comments
Jed Wagner on Being the Sole Maintainer of the Veterans Appeals System (logicmag.io)
The Veterans Appeals Control and Locator System, or VACOLS, starts and ends with Jed Wagner. In the late 1980s, Wagner was hired as a part-time contractor by the Department of Veterans Affairs. He started single-handedly building the system that he was ultimately hired to work on full-time. Now, thirty years later, VACOLS is processing its last appeals, and when the system is sunsetted, he will retire.
Veterans, Software, Government, Technology, History
9 points by sien 44 days ago | 2 comments
DOGE helps Veterans Affairs end IT contract run by service-disabled entrepreneur (theregister.com)
Elon Musk's newly minted US Department of Government Efficiency claims to have helped the Department of Veterans Affairs end a technology contract run by service-disabled veterans.
Government, Technology, Veterans, Elon Musk
8 points by rntn 45 days ago | 1 comments
Reasons veterans are especially hard-hit by federal cuts (theconversation.com)
The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to cut 83,000 jobs, slashing employment by over 17% at the federal agency that provides health care for millions of veterans, according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press on March 5, 2025.
Veterans, Federal Government, Healthcare, Employment, Budget Cuts
25 points by rntn 48 days ago | 13 comments
Impact of 8 lifestyle factors on mortality and life expectancy among US veterans (sciencedirect.com)
This study aimed to estimate mortality risk and longevity associated with individual lifestyle factors and comprehensive lifestyle therapy.
Health, Mortality, Lifestyles, Veterans, Research
7 points by helloworld 50 days ago | 0 comments
Mass federal layoffs hit veterans particularly hard (rollingstone.com)
In a late-night purge, seven federal agencies carried out mass layoffs — 1,000 at the VA alone, the nation’s largest employer of military veterans
Government, Layoffs, Veterans, Federal Agencies, Military
17 points by contemporary343 69 days ago | 1 comments
Show HN: New search engine and free-FOIA-by-fax-via-web for US veteran records (birls.org)
Show HN, Search Engines, FOIA, Veterans, Government Records
118 points by Asparagirl 103 days ago | 72 comments
One-Mile-in-Five (wordpress.com)
Earlier this summer I was talking with a fellow veteran and the subject of “one-mile-in-five” on the Interstate highways came up.
Transportation, Highways, Veterans
56 points by agronaut 130 days ago | 7 comments
The $43M Veterans Affairs simulation hospital where doctors pilot new tech (cnbc.com)
Healthcare, Technology, Veterans, Simulation, Funding
12 points by rntn 287 days ago | 5 comments