    [United States Government Manual]
    [June 01, 1999]
    [Pages 469-489]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

    810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420

    Phone, 202-273-4800. Internet, http://www.va.gov/.
    SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS                     Togo D. West, Jr.
        Chief of Staff                                Janice F. Joyner
        Deputy Chief of Staff                         Kevin T. Hanretta
        Executive Assistant to the Secretary          Lisa S. Wetzl
    Deputy Secretary                                  Hershel W. Gober
        Executive Assistant to the Deputy             Louise F. Ware
                Secretary
    Veterans' Service Organizations Liaison           Allen (Gunner) Kent
    Executive Secretary                               Susan C. McHugh
    Inspector General                                 Richard J. Griffin
    Chairman, Board of Contract Appeals               Guy H. McMichael III
    Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged       Scott F. Denniston
            Business Utilization
    Director, Office of Employment Discrimination     Charles R. Delobe
            Complaint Adjudication
    Director, Center for Minority Veterans            Willie L. Hensley
    Director, Center for Women Veterans               Joan A. Furey
    General Counsel                                   Leigh A. Bradley
    Special Assistants to the General Counsel         Edward McGarrity,
                                                              Renee Szybala
    Deputy General Counsel                            John H. Thompson
        Assistant General Counsels                    E. Douglas Bradshaw;
                                                              Richard J.
                                                              Hipilot,
                                                              Acting; Walter
                                                              A. Hall; John
                                                              W. Klein;
                                                              Phillipa L.
                                                              Anderson;
                                                              Ronald H.
                                                              Garvin
    Chairman, Board of Veterans' Appeals              Eligah Dane Clark
        Executive Assistant to the Chairman           Marjorie A. Auer
        Director, Management and                      Ronald R. Aument
                Administration
        Chief Counsel                                 Steven L. Keller
        Deputy Chief Counsel, Litigation              Richard C. Thrasher
                Support
        Deputy Chief Counsel, Legal Affairs           Thomas D. Roberts
    Vice Chairman                                     Richard B. Standefer
        Senior Deputy Vice Chairman                   Steven L. Keller,
                                                              Acting
        Deputy Vice Chairman, Decision Team           Charles E. Hogeboom
                I
        Deputy Vice Chairman, Decision Team           Joaquin Aquayo-Pereles
                II
        Deputy Vice Chairman, Decision Team           Nancy R. Robin
                III
        Deputy Vice Chairman, Decision Team           Mary M. Sabulsky
                IV
        Director, Administrative Service              Nancy D. Stackhouse
    Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health       Kenneth W. Kizer
            Administration
        Chief of Staff                                Robyn Y. Nishimi
        Executive Assistant                           Melinda Murphy
        Director, Executive Correspondence            Pamela E. Galyean
    Deputy Under Secretary for Health                 Thomas Garthwaite
        Director, Management and                      Thomas J. Hogan
              Administrative Support
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        Director, Health Care Staff                   H. Bernard Palmer
                Development and Retention
                Office
        Director, Volunteer Service Office            Jim W. Delgado
    Chief Network Officer                             Kenneth J. Clark
        Director, Network Program Support             William W. Graham,
                                                              Acting
        Veterans Integrated Service Network
                (VISN) Directors:
            Director, VISN No. 1                      Denis J. FitzGerald
            Director, VISN No. 2                      Frederick L. Malphurs
            Director, VISN No. 3                      James J. Farsetta
            Director, VISN No. 4                      Larry Biro
            Director, VISN No. 5                      James J. Nocks
            Director, VISN No. 6                      Gerry Husson, Acting
            Director, VISN No. 7                      Larry R. Deal
            Director, VISN No. 8                      Robert H. Roswell
            Director, VISN No. 9                      John Dandridge
            Director, VISN No. 10                     Laura J. Miller
            Director, VISN No. 11                     Linda W. Belton
            Director, VISN No. 12                     Joan E. Cummings
            Director, VISN No. 13                     Robert A. Petzel
            Director, VISN No. 14                     Vincent Ng
            Director, VISN No. 15                     Patricia A. Crosetti
            Director, VISN No. 16                     John R. Higgins
            Director, VISN No. 17                     Vernon Chong
            Director, VISN No. 18                     Jon Gardner, Acting
            Director, VISN No. 19                     Terrence S. Batliner
            Director, VISN No. 20                     William Ted Galey
            Director, VISN No. 21                     Robert L. Wiebe
            Director, VISN No. 22                     Smith Jenkins, Jr.
    Medical Inspector                                 James E. McManus
    Dean, VA Learning University                      Lawrence Blevins
    Chief, Office of Employee Education               Robert P. Means
    Veterans Canteen Service Officer                  James Donahoe
    Director, Emergency Medical Preparedness          Gregg Pane, Acting
    Chief, Policy and Planning Office                 Gregg Pane
        Director, Delivery System Planning            Bruce Plecinski
                Office
        Director, Policy and Forecasting              (vacancy)
                Office
        Director, Reports Review and                  Paul C. Gibert, Jr.
                Analysis
        Cheif, Legislative Programs                   Bill Ramsey
    Chief Patient Care Services Officer               Thomas Holohan
        Allied Clinical Service                       (vacancy)
        Director, Nutrition and Food Service          Brenda L. Jenkins,
                                                              Acting
        Director, Social Work Service                 Donald G. Moses,
                                                              Acting
        Director, Chaplain Service (VAMC,             Jeni Cooke
                Hampton, VA)
        Chief Consultant, Acute Care                  Toni A. Mitchell
                Strategic Healthcare Group
        Chief Consultant, Primary and                 (vacancy)
                Ambulatory Care
        Director, National Center for Health          (vacancy)
                Promotion and Disease
                Prevention
        Chief Consultant, Spinal Cord Injury          Margaret Hammond
                Service
        Director, Optometry Service                   William Monaco
        Director, Podiatry Service                    Jeffrey Robbins
        Assistant Under Secretary of Health           Robert T. Frame
              for Dentistry
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        Chief Consultant, Prosthetic and              Fred Downs
                Sensory Aids Service
                Strategic Healthcare Group
        Chief Consultant, Geriatrics and              Judith A. Salerno
                Extended Care Strategic
                Healthcare Group
        Chief Consultant, Diagnostic                  Mary Stitak, Acting
                Services Strategic
                Healthcare Group
        Consultant, Mental Health and                 Larry Lehmann, Acting
                Behavioral Sciences Services
        Chief Consultant, Rehabilitation              Leigh C. Anderson
                Strategic Healthcare Group
        Chief Consultant, Nursing Strategic           Audrey Drake, Acting
                Healthcare Group
        Chief Consultant, Pharmacy Benefits           John E. Ogden
                Management Strategic
                Healthcare Group
    Chief Research and Development Officer            John R. Feussner
        Director, Medical Research Program            Paul Hoffman
        Director, Rehabilitation Research             Mindy Risen
                and Development Program
        Director, Health Services Research            John Demakis
                and Development Service
    Chief Public Health and Environmental Hazards     Susan H. Mather
            Officer
        Chief Consultant, Occupational and            Fran M. Murphy
                Environmental Strategic
                Healthcare Group
        Director, AIDS Service                        Lawrence R. Deyton
    Chief Academic Affiliations Officer               David P. Stevens
    Director, Graduate Medical Education Office       Eliza M. Wolff, Acting
    Director, Associated Health Education Office      Linda Johnson, Acting
    Director, Administrative Operations Office        Evert Melander
    Director, Readjustment Counseling Service         Alfonso R. Batres
    Chief Financial Officer                           W. Todd Grams
        Director, Acquisition and Materiel            Judith Mabry
                Management Liaison
        Director, Medical Sharing and                 Karen Walters, Acting
                Purchasing Office
        Director, Resource Formulation                Walter J. Besecker
        Director, Resource Allocation and             Jimmy A. Norris
                Execution
        Director, Financial Management                David Rutledge, Acting
                Office
        Director, Medical Care Cost Recovery          Arthur S. Hammerschlag
                Office
    Chief Facilities Management Officer               C.V. Yarbrough
        Director, Management and Support              Pam Dix
                Office
        Director, Environmental Management            Wayne Warren
                Service
        Director, Service Delivery Office             Lloyd H. Siegel
        Director, Strategic Management                Robert Neary
    Chief Information Officer                         R. David Albinson
        Director, Information Technology              Leonard R. Bourget
                Policy and Planning Service
        Associate Chief Information Officer,          Robert Kolodner
                Business Enterprise
                Solutions and Technology
                Services
        Associate Chief Information Officer,          Dan Bishop
              Technical Services
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        Associate Chief Information Officer,          Gail Belles
                Customer Service
        Directors, Health Information                 Wendy Carter, Mary Ann
                Resources Services                            Tatman
        Director, Office of Information               Michael Williams
                Management
        Associate Chief Information Officer,          Daniel L. Marsh
                Implementation and Training
                Services
        Program Manager, Telecommunication            Robert Bruce
                Consultants Division
    Under Secretary for Benefits, Veterans Benefits   Joseph Thompson
            Administration
    Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits for           Patrick Nappi
            Operations
    Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits for           Nora Egan
            Management
    Chief Financial Officer                           Jimmy L. Wardle,
                                                              Acting
    Chief Information Officer                         Newell Quinton
        Chief of Staff                                Dorothy MacKay
        Director, Office of Human Resources           J. Elaine Marshall
        Associate Deputy Under Secretary for          Montgomery Watson
                Operations (East)
        Associate Deputy Under Secretary for          Michael Walcoff
                Operations (West)
        Special Assistant for Business                Paul Koons
                Process Reengineering
        Director, Data Management Office              Charles DeCoste
        Director, Compensation and Pension            Robert J. Epley
                Service
        Director, Education Service                   Celia Dollarhide
        Director, Insurance Service                   Thomas M. Lastowka
        Director, Loan Guaranty Service               Keith Pedigo
        Director, Vocational Rehabilitation           Julius Williams
                Service
    Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs, National    Roger R. Rapp, Acting
            Cemetery Administration
        Director, Office of Field Operations          Roger R. Rapp
            Director, Field Programs Service          Fred L. Watson
            Director, Technical Support               Robert B. Holbrook
                    Service
            Director, State Cemetery Grants           G. William Jayne
                    Service
        Director, Office of Operations                Vincent L. Barile
                Support
            Director, Administration Service          Michael Herway
            Director, Budget and Planning             Daniel Tucker
                    Service
            Director, Communications                  (vacancy)
                    Management Service
            Director, Information Systems             Mark P. Durocher
                    Service
            Director, Memorial Program                Larry Demeo
                    Service
        Directors, National Cemetery
                Administration Area Offices:
            Philadelphia, PA                          Patrick J. Gartland
            Atlanta, GA                               Robert Wilk
            Denver, CO                                Thomas G. Balsanek
    Assistant Secretary for Financial Management      Edward A. Powell, Jr.
        Deputy to the Assistant Secretary             Stanley R. Sinclair
        Deputy Assistant Secretary for                D. Mark Catlett
                Budget
        Deputy Assistant Secretary for                Frank W. Sullivan
              Financial Management
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        Deputy Assistant Secretary for                Gary J. Krump
                Acquisition and Materiel
                Management
    Assistant Secretary for Information and           Harold F. Gracey, Jr.,
            Technology                                        Acting
        Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary          Harold F. Gracey, Jr.
                for Information and
                Technology
        Deputy Assistant Secretary for                (vacancy)
                Information Resources
                Management
        Director, Austin Automation Center            Robert Evans
    Assistant Secretary for Planning and Analysis     Dennis Duffy
            Executive Assistant                       Nancy Tackett
        Senior Adviser                                Edward Chow, Jr.
        Deputy Assistant Secretary for                Patricia J. O'Neil
                Program and Data Analysis
        Deputy Assistant Secretary for                Gary A. Steinberg
                Planning and Evaluation
        Chief Actuary                                 (vacancy)
    Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and       Eugene A. Brickhouse
            Administration
        Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human          Ronald E. Cowles
                Resources Management
        Deputy Assistant Secretary for Equal          Ellis Jones Hodges,
                Opportunity                                   Acting
        Deputy Assistant Secretary for                Robert W. Schultz
                Administration
        Deputy Assistant Secretary for                John H. Baffa
                Security and Law Enforcement
        Deputy Assistant Secretary for                Ventris C. Gibson
                Resolution Management
        Director, Shared Service Center               Bruce C. Carruthers
    Assistant Secretary for Public and                John T. Hanson, Acting
            Intergovernmental Affairs
        Deputy Assistant Secretary for                Maria Fernandez
                International Affairs                         Greczmiel
        Deputy Assistant Secretary for                James H. Holley
                Public Affairs
        Deputy Assistant Secretary for                John T. Hanson
                Intergovernmental Affairs
    Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs     (vacancy)
        Deputy Assistant Secretary for                Philip Riggin
                Congressional Affairs

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    The Department of Veterans Affairs operates programs to benefit veterans
    and members of their families. Benefits include compensation payments
    for disabilities or death related to military service; pensions;
    education and rehabilitation; home loan guaranty; burial; and a medical
    care program incorporating nursing homes, clinics, and medical centers.

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was established as an executive
    department by the Department of Veterans Affairs Act (38 U.S.C. 201
    note). The Department's predecessor, the Veterans Administration, had
    been established as an independent agency under the President by
    Executive Order 5398 of July 21, 1930, in accordance with the act of
    July 3, 1930 (46 Stat. 1016). This act authorized the President to
    consolidate and coordinate the U.S. Veterans Bureau, the Bureau of
    Pensions, and the National Home for Volunteer Soldiers.
        The Department of Veterans Affairs comprises three organizations
    that administer veterans programs: the

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    Veterans Health Administration, the Veterans Benefits Administration,
    and the National Cemetery Administration. Each organization has field
    facilities and a Central Office component. The Central Office also
    includes separate offices that provide support to the top organizations'
    operations as well as to top VA executives. Top Central Office managers,
    including the Inspector General and General Counsel, report to the
    highest level of Department management, which consists of the Secretary
    of Veterans Affairs and the Deputy Secretary.
    Assistant Secretaries  Six Assistant Secretaries provide policy
    guidance, operational support, and managerial oversight to the Secretary
    and Deputy Secretary, the administrations, and other top offices. They
    include the Assistant Secretaries for Congressional Affairs, Financial
    Management, Human Resources and Administration, Information and
    Technology, Planning and Analysis, and Public and Intergovernmental
    Affairs. Other central management offices are detailed as follows.
    Center for Minority Veterans  The Center for Minority Veterans was
    established under Public Law 103-446 (108 Stat. 4645). The Center is
    responsible for promoting the use of VA benefits, programs, and services
    by minority veterans and assessing the needs of minority group members.
    Under the law, the Center's work focuses on the unique and special needs
    of five distinct groups of veterans: African-Americans, Hispanics,
    Asian-Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Native Americans, which include
    American Indians, Native Hawaiians, and Alaskan Natives. The Center also
    oversees the administrative functions of the VA's Federal Advisory
    Committee on Minority Veterans.
        The primary mission of the Center for Minority Veterans is to ensure
    that the Department of Veterans Affairs addresses the unique and special
    needs of minority veterans. The Center also focuses on circumstances,
    policies, and practices that impede the use of programs and services by
    minority veterans.
    Center for Women Veterans  The Center for Women Veterans acts as the
    Secretary's primary adviser on women veterans issues and evaluates VA
    programs, policies, and practices to ensure they are responsive and
    accessible to eligible women veterans.
    Board of Veterans' Appeals  The Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA) is
    responsible, on behalf of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, for
    entering the final appellate decisions in claims of entitlement to
    veterans' benefits. The Board is also responsible for deciding matters
    concerning fees charged by attorneys and agents for representation of
    veterans before VA, as well as requests for revision of prior BVA
    decisions on the basis of clear and unmistakable error. The mission of
    the Board, set forth in title 38 of the United States Code, sections
    7101-7109, is to conduct hearings, consider and dispose of appeals
    properly before the Board in a timely manner, and issue quality
    decisions in compliance with the law. The Board is headed by a Chairman,
    who is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, and who
    is directly responsible to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Members of
    the Board are appointed by the Secretary with the approval of the
    President and are under the administrative control and supervision of
    the Chairman. Each BVA decision is signed by a Board member acting as an
    agent of the Secretary. Final BVA decisions are appealable to the United
    States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
    Board of Contract Appeals  The Board of Contract Appeals was established
    on March 1, 1979, pursuant to the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41
    U.S.C. 601-613). The Board is a statutory, quasi-judicial tribunal that
    hears and decides appeals from decisions of Contracting Officers on
    claims relating to contracts awarded by VA, or by any other agency when
    such agency or the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy has
    designated the Board to decide the appeal.
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    expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 504
    note). Board decisions are final within VA, but may be appealed, either
    by the Government or by the contractor, to the United States Court of
    Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
        The Board also acts as a trier of disputed material facts in
    debarment/suspension proceedings. Additionally, the Chairman of the
    Board is the senior official within the Department to promote alternate
    dispute resolution pursuant to the Administrative Dispute Resolution Act
    (5 U.S.C. 581 note). Finally, the Board is charged with resolving any
    disputes between drug manufacturers and the Secretary with regard to
    pharmaceutical pricing agreements provisions of the Veterans Health Care
    Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C. 101 note).

    Health Services

    The Veterans Health Administration, formerly the Veterans Health
    Services and Research Administration, provides hospital, nursing home,
    and domiciliary care, and outpatient medical and dental care to eligible
    veterans of military service in the Armed Forces. It operates 173
    medical centers, 39 domiciliaries, 376 outpatient clinics, 131 nursing
    home care units, and 205 Vietnam Veteran Outreach Centers in the United
    States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Republic of the
    Philippines, and provides for similar care under VA auspices in non-VA
    hospitals and community nursing homes and for visits by veterans to non-
    VA physicians and dentists for outpatient treatment. It also supports
    veterans under care in hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliaries
    operated by 35 States. Under the Civilian Health and Medical Program,
    dependents of certain veterans are provided with medical care supplied
    by non-VA institutions and physicians.
        The Administration conducts both individual medical and health-care
    delivery research projects and multihospital research programs. It
    assists in the education of physicians and dentists, and with training
    of many other health care professionals through affiliations with
    educational institutions and organizations. These programs are all
    conducted as prescribed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs pursuant to
    sections 4101-4115 of title 38 of the United States Code and other
    statutory authority and regulations.

    Veterans Benefits

    The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), formerly the Department of
    Veterans Benefits, conducts an integrated program of veterans benefits.
    It provides information, advice, and assistance to veterans, their
    dependents, beneficiaries, representatives, and others applying for VA
    benefits. It also cooperates with the Department of Labor and other
    Federal, State, and local agencies in developing employment
    opportunities for veterans and referral for assistance in resolving
    socioeconomic, housing, and other related problems. In addition, VBA
    provides information regarding veterans benefits to various branches of
    the Armed Forces.
        Programs are provided through VA regional offices, medical centers,
    visits to communities, and a special toll-free telephone service (800-
    827-1000) and are available in all 50 States, the District of Columbia,
    and Puerto Rico.
    Compensation and Pension  The Compensation and Pension Service has
    responsibility for:
        --claims for disability compensation and pension;
        --automobile allowances and special adaptive equipment;
        --claims for specially adapted housing;
        --special clothing allowances;
        --emergency officers' retirement pay;
        --eligibility determinations based on military service for other VA
    benefits and services or those of other Government agencies;
        --survivors' claims for death compensation, dependency and indemnity
    compensation, death pension, burial and plot allowance claims;
        --claims for accrued benefits;
        --forfeiture determinations;
        --claims for adjusted compensation in death cases;

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        --claims for reimbursement for headstone or marker; and
        --a benefits protection program (fiduciary activities) for minors
    and incompetent adult beneficiaries.
        The Service also provides field investigative services for other VA
    components.
    Education  The Education Service has responsibility for: the Montgomery
    GI Bill--Active Duty and Selected Reserve (chapters 30 and 1606); the
    Post Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program (chapter 32);
    the Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance Program (chapter
    35); the Section 901 Test Program; and school approvals, compliance
    surveys, and work study.
    Vocational Rehabilitation  The Vocational Rehabilitation Service has
    responsibility for: outreach, motivation, evaluation, counseling,
    training, employment, and other rehabilitation services to disabled
    veterans (chapters 31 and 15); evaluation, counseling, and miscellaneous
    services to veterans and service persons (chapter 30) and other VA
    education programs; evaluation, counseling, education, and miscellaneous
    services to sons, daughters, and spouses of totally and permanently
    disabled veterans and to surviving orphans, widows, or widowers of
    certain deceased veterans, including rehabilitation services to certain
    handicapped dependents (chapter 35); and affirmative action activities.
    Effective October 1, 1997, the Service has responsibility to provide
    vocational training and rehabilitation to children with spina bifida who
    are children of Vietnam veterans (chapter 18).
    Loan Guaranty  Loan guaranty operations include: appraising properties
    to establish their values; approving grants for specially adapted
    housing; supervising the construction of new residential properties;
    establishing the eligibility of veterans for the program; evaluating the
    ability of a veteran to repay a loan and the credit risk; servicing and
    liquidating defaulted loans; and disposing of real estate acquired as
    the consequence of defaulted loans.
    Insurance  Life insurance operations are for the benefit of service
    members, veterans, and their beneficiaries. The day-to-day processing of
    all matters related to individual insurance accounts is handled by the
    Regional Office and Insurance Centers in Philadelphia, PA, and St. Paul,
    MN. These two centers provide the full range of functional activities
    necessary for a national life insurance program. Activities include the
    complete maintenance of individual accounts, underwriting functions, and
    life and death insurance claims awards, as well as any other insurance-
    related transactions. For information, call toll-free, 800-669-8477
        The agency is also responsible for the administration of the
    Veterans Mortgage Life Insurance program for those disabled veterans who
    receive a VA grant for specially adapted housing. Accounts are
    maintained at the Regional Office and Insurance Center in St. Paul, MN.
        In addition, the agency is responsible for supervising the
    Servicemen's Group Life Insurance (SGLI) and Veterans Group Life
    Insurance (VGLI) programs. Both programs are handled through the Office
    of Servicemen's Group Life Insurance, 213 Washington Street, Newark, NJ
    07102. For information, call toll-free, 800-419-1473.

    National Cemetery Administration

    The National Cemetery Administration (NCA) provides services to
    veterans, active duty personnel, reservists, and National Guard members
    with 20 years' qualifying service and their families by operating
    national cemeteries; furnishing headstones and markers for the graves of
    U.S. veterans worldwide, service members, and reservists and National
    Guard members with 20 years' qualifying service; awarding grants to aid
    States in establishing, improving, and expanding veterans cemeteries;
    and serving as the operations element for the Presidential Memorial
    Certificate Program.
        The mission of the National Cemetery Administration is:

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        --to provide, upon request, the interment of eligible service
    members, veterans, reservists and National Guard members with 20 years'
    qualifying service, their spouses, and certain children in VA national
    cemeteries and to maintain their graves;
        --to mark, upon application, the graves of eligible veterans
    worldwide, and reservists and National Guard members with 20 years'
    qualifying service who are buried in national, State, or private
    cemeteries;
        --to administer the State Cemetery Grants Program, which provides
    financial assistance to States for establishing, improving, and
    expanding State veterans cemeteries; and
        --to provide Presidential Memorial Certificates to the loved ones of
    honorably discharged, deceased service members or veterans.
        The National Cemetery Administration area offices (located in
    Atlanta, GA; Philadelphia, PA; and Denver, CO) provide direct support to
    the 115 national cemeteries located throughout the United States and
    Puerto Rico.

    Field Facilities

    Insurance Centers  Two field sites house all individual insurance
    records covering service members and veterans under the Government-
    administered programs: WW I United States Government Life Insurance; WW
    II National Service Life Insurance; Post-Korean Conflict; Veterans
    Reopened Insurance for the disabled of WW II and Korea; and Service-
    Disabled Veterans Insurance, the only Government-administered program
    open for new issues to disabled veterans only.
        The two field locations are the VA Regional Office and Insurance
    Centers in Philadelphia, PA, and St. Paul, MN. All World War I insurance
    accounts, accounts for which the premium is paid by allotment from
    military service pay, and those paid by deduction from VA compensation
    or preauthorized debit are located at Philadelphia. All remaining
    insurance accounts are geographically distributed between the two VA
    Centers--with the Mississippi River serving as the approximate line of
    division. The Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Center is also responsible
    for formulating policy for the veterans insurance programs.
        The insurance functions performed by the two field stations include
    the total range of insurance operations to provide individual policy,
    underwriting, and life and death insurance claims service for service
    members, veterans, and their beneficiaries.
    Regional Offices  Department of Veterans Affairs regional offices:
        --grant benefits and services provided by law for veterans, their
    dependents, and beneficiaries within an assigned territory;
        --furnish information regarding VA benefits and services;
        --adjudicate claims and make awards for disability compensation and
    pension;
        --supervise the payment of VA benefits to incompetent beneficiaries;
        --aid, guide, and prescribe vocational rehabilitation training and
    administer educational benefits;
        --guarantee loans for purchase of manufactured homes and lots and
    condominium units, purchase or construction or alteration of homes and
    farm residences, and under certain conditions, guarantee refinancing
    loans;
        --process grants for specially adapted housing;
        --process death claims;
        --assist the veteran in exercising rights to benefits and services;
    and
        --supervise VA offices under their jurisdiction.
        The offices are also responsible for veterans assistance activities,
    including coordination of efforts of participating agencies in an
    outreach program to assist returning service members.
        Services to U.S. veterans in most foreign countries normally are
    provided by the VA Regional Office, District of Columbia. The Honolulu
    Regional Office serves the Islands of American Samoa, the Commonwealth
    of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Wake, and Midway and the Trust
    Territory of the Pacific Islands. U.S. veterans in the Virgin Islands
    and Mexico are served by the San Juan and Houston offices,

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    respectively. Service is provided in cooperation with embassy staffs of
    the Department of State.
    Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office, District of Columbia
    The Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office, District of
    Columbia, is a typical regional office with additional functions. It has
    global jurisdiction and grants benefits and services provided by law for
    veterans and their beneficiaries and dependents residing outside the
    territorial limits of the United States, and it adjudicates certain
    unusual claims and actions not common to all regional offices, such as
    WW I adjusted compensation death cases, forfeiture cases, and benefits
    under special enactments provided by the Congress. It also maintains
    liaison with the Treasury Department on types and methods of payments to
    recipients in foreign countries.
    VA Offices  The VA office provides veterans assistance and such other
    services as cannot be conveniently provided to veterans, their
    dependents and beneficiaries, and others in a given locality by a
    regional office or center.
    Medical Centers  Veterans Affairs Medical Centers provide eligible
    beneficiaries with medical and other health care services equivalent to
    those provided by private-sector institutions, augmented in many
    instances by services to meet the special requirements of veterans. One
    hundred and twenty-six VA medical facilities are affiliated with 107
    medical facilities for residency training; 72 VA medical facilities are
    affiliated with 59 dental schools; and all centers cooperate with one or
    more educational institutions in programs of nursing, associated health
    professions and occupations, and administrative training and related
    research, both in individual projects and in association with other VA
    medical centers in broad cooperative studies. There are 131 nursing home
    care units associated with VA medical centers to provide skilled nursing
    care and related medical services to patients who are no longer in need
    of hospital care.
    VA Regional Office and Insurance Centers  Veterans Affairs Regional
    Office and Insurance Centers combine a regional office and an insurance
    center under the jurisdiction of one director.
    VA Medical and Regional Office Centers  Veterans Affairs Medical and
    Regional Office Centers combine a regional office and a medical center
    or a regional office, medical center, and domiciliary under the
    jurisdiction of one director.
    Domiciliaries  Veterans Affairs Domiciliaries provide the least
    intensive level of inpatient medical care. This includes necessary
    ambulatory medical treatment, rehabilitation, and support services in a
    structured environment to veterans who are unable because of their
    disabilities to provide adequately for themselves in the community.
    Outpatient Clinics  Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinics provide eligible
    beneficiaries with ambulatory care.
    VA National Cemeteries  Veterans Affairs national cemeteries are the
    final resting places for burial of the remains of veterans, active duty
    personnel, reservists, and National Guard members with 20 years'
    qualifying service, their spouses, and certain eligible dependents.
    Memorial markers for veterans, service members, and reservists and
    National Guard members with 20 years' qualifying service, whose remains
    are not available for burial, may also be placed in a national cemetery.
    These cemeteries are designated as national shrines created in tribute
    to the sacrifices of all Americans who have served in the U.S. Armed
    Forces.

               National Facilities--Department of Veterans Affairs
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Type of
               Address                 facility             Director
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    National Facilities Under the Veterans Health Administration, Veterans
     Benefits Administration, and National Cemetery Administration--Centers,
     Domiciliaries, Medical Centers, Medical and Regional Office Centers,
     Outpatient Clinics, Insurance Centers, Regional Offices, Supply
     Activities, and National Cemeteries

    ALABAMA:
      Birmingham (700 S. 19th      Medical Center.  Y.C. Parris
       St., 35233).

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      Mobile (1202 Virginia St.,   National         Sandra Beckley
       36604) (Mail: Barrancas      Cemetery.
       National Cemetery, FL).
      Montgomery (215 Perry Hill   Medical Center.  W. Kenneth Ruyle, Acting
       Rd., Montgomery, 36109-
       3798).
      Montgomery (345 Perry Hill   Regional Office  Patrick K. Courtney
       Rd., 36109).
      Seale (Ft. Mitchell          National         William Trower
       National Cemetery, 553       Cemetery.
       Hwy. 165, 36875).
      Tuscaloosa (35404).........  Medical Center.  W. Kenneth Ruyle
    ALASKA:
      Anchorage (2925 Debarr Rd.,  Outpatient       Alex Spector
       99508).                      Clinic and
                                    Regional
                                    Office.
      Ft. Richardson (P.O. Box 5-  National         Yvonne Payne, Program
       498, 99505).                 Cemetery.        Specialist
      Sitka (P.O. Box 1065,        National         Yvonne Payne, Program
       99835) (Mail: Ft.            Cemetery.        Specialist
       Richardson National
       Cemetery, AK).
    ARIZONA:
      Phoenix (7th St. & Indian    Medical Center.  John R. Fears
       School Rd., 85012).
      Phoenix (3225 N. Central     Regional Office  David W. Walls
       Ave., 85012).
      Phoenix (23029 N. Cave       National         Mary Dill
       Creek Rd., 85024)            Cemetery.
       (National Memorial
       Cemetery of Arizona).
      Prescott (86313)...........  Medical Center   Patricia A. McKlem
                                    (medical and
                                    domiciliary).
      Prescott (VA Medical         National         Mary Dill
       Center, 500 Hwy. 89 N.,      Cemetery.
       86301) (Mail: National
       Memorial Cemetery of
       Arizona).
      Tucson (85723).............  Medical Center.  Jonathan H. Gardner
    ARKANSAS:
      Fayetteville (72701).......  Medical Center.  Richard F. Robinson
      Fayetteville (700            National         Darrell W. Lindsey,
       Government Ave., 72701).     Cemetery.        Trainee
      Ft. Smith (522 Garland       National         John Bacon
       Ave., 72901).                Cemetery.
      Little Rock (2523            National         Mary Ann Fisher
       Confederate Blvd., 72206).   Cemetery.
      Little Rock (300 Roosevelt   Medical Center.  George Gray, Jr.
       Rd., 72205) (John L.
       McClellan Memorial
       Veterans Hospital).
        Little Rock Division
        North Little Rock
       Division (Mail: Little
       Rock)
      North Little Rock (P.O. Box  Regional Office  Fred King
       1280, Bldg. 65, Ft. Roots,
       72115).
    CALIFORNIA:
      Benicia (150 Muir Rd.,       Medical Center.  Brian O'Neill
       Benicia, 94523).
      Fresno (2615 Clinton Ave.,   Medical Center.  Alan S. Perry
       93703).
      Gustine (San Joaquin Valley  National         Carla Williams
       National Cemetery, 32053     Cemetery.
       W. McCabe Rd., 95322).
      Loma Linda (Jerry L. Pettis  Medical Center.  Dean R. Stordahl
       Memorial Veterans
       Hospital, 11201 Benton
       St., 92357).
      Long Beach (5901 E. 7th      Medical Center.  Lawrence Stewart
       St., 90822).
    Los Angeles (11301 Wilshire    Medical Center.  Jule Moravec
     Blvd., Los Angeles, 90073).
      Los Angeles (11000 Wilshire  Regional Office  Stewart F. Liff
       Blvd., 90024).
      Los Angeles (950 S.          National         Lucy Devenney
       Sepulveda Blvd., 90049).     Cemetery.
      Oakland (Oakland Federal     Regional Office  Donald E. Stout
       Bldg., 1301 Clay St.,
       94612-5209).
      Palo Alto Health Care        Medical Center.  James A. Goff
       System (3801 Miranda Ave.,
       94304).
      Riverside (22495 Van Buren   National         Steve Jorgensen
       Blvd., 92518).               Cemetery.
      San Bruno (Golden Gate       National         Gloria Gomez
       National Cemetery, 1300      Cemetery.
       Sneath Ln., 94066).
      San Diego (3350 La Jolla     Medical Center.  Gary Rossio
       Village Dr., 92161).
      San Diego (2022 Camino Del   Regional Office  Ray W. Hall
       Rio N., 92108).
      San Diego (Ft. Rosecrans     National         Cynthia Nunez
       National Cemetery, P.O.      Cemetery.
       Box 6237, Point Loma,
       92166).
      San Francisco (4150 Clement  Medical Center.  Sheila Cullen, Acting
       St., 94121).
      San Francisco (P.O. Box      National         Gloria Gomez
       29012, Presidio of San       Cemetery.
       Francisco, 94129) (Mail:
       Golden Gate National
       Cemetery, San Bruno, CA).
    COLORADO:
      Denver (1055 Clermont St.,   Medical Center.  Edgar Thorsland, Jr.
       80220).
      Denver (80225).............  Denver           Robert Shields
                                    Distribution
                                    Center.
      Denver (Ft. Logan National   National         Art Smith
       Cemetery, 3698 S. Sheridan   Cemetery.
       Blvd., 80235).
      Ft. Lyon (VA Medical         National         Maintained by VAMC
       Center, 81038).              Cemetery.        Engineering Service
      Ft. Lyon (81038)...........  Medical Center.  Stuart Collyer
      Grand Junction (81501).....  Medical Center.  Kurt Schlegelmilch
      Lakewood (P.O. Box 25126,    Regional Office  Catherine L. Smith
       155 Van Gordon St., 80228).

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    CONNECTICUT:
      Connecticut Health Care      Medical Center.  Paul McCool
       System (950 Campbell Ave.,
       West Haven, 06516).
      Hartford (450 Main St.,      Regional Office  Jeffrey Alger
       06103).
    DELAWARE:
      Wilmington (1601 Kirkwood    Medical and      Dexter Dix
       Hwy., 19805).                Regional
                                    Office Center.
    DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:
      Washington (50 Irving St.    Medical Center.  Sanford M. Garfunkel
       NW., 20422).
      Washington (1120 Vermont     Regional Office  C. Fay Norred
       Ave. NW., 20421).
    FLORIDA:
      Bay Pines (1000 Bay Pines    Medical Center   Thomas Weaver
       Blvd. N., 33504).            (medical and
                                    domiciliary).
      Bay Pines (P.O. Box 477,     National         Jorge Baltar, Trainee
       33504).                      Cemetery.
      Bushnell (Florida National   National         Ronald R. Pemberton
       Cemetery, 6502 SW. 102d      Cemetery.
       Ave., 33513).
      Miami (1201 NW. 16th St.,    Medical Center.  Thomas C. Doherty
       33125).
      Northern Florida/Southern    Medical Center.  Elwood J. Headley
       Georgia Health Care System
       (1601 SW. Archer Rd.,
       Gainesville, 32608-1197).
      Pensacola (Barrancas         National         Sandra Beckley
       National Cemetery, Naval     Cemetery.
       Air Station, 32508-1099).
      St. Augustine (104 Marine    National         Ronald R. Pemberton
       St., 32084) (Mail: Florida   Cemetery.
       National Cemetery,
       Bushnell, FL).
      St. Petersburg (P.O. Box     Regional Office  William D. Stinger
       1437, 33731).
      Tampa (James A. Haley        Medical Center.  Richard A. Silver
       Veterans Hospital, 13000
       Bruce B. Downs Blvd.,
       33612).
    GEORGIA:
      Atlanta (1670 Clairmont      Medical Center.  Robert Perreault
       Rd., 30033).
      Atlanta (730 Peachtree St.   Regional Office  Robert Perreault
       NE., 30365).
      Augusta (2460 Wrightsboro    Medical Center.  Ellen DeGeorge-Smith
       Rd., 30904-6285).
        Forest Hills Division
        Lenwood Division
      Dublin, 31021..............  Medical Center   James Trusley
                                    (medical and
                                    domiciliary).
      Marietta (500 Washington     National         James Wallace
       Ave., 30060).                Cemetery.
    HAWAII:
      Honolulu (P.O. Box 50188,    Medical and      H. David Burge
       96850).                      Regional
                                    Office Center.
      Honolulu (National Memorial  National         Gene E. Castagnetti
       Cemetery of the Pacific,     Cemetery.
       2177 Puowaina Dr., 96813-
       1729).
    IDAHO:
      Boise (805 W. Franklin St.,  Regional Office  Barry M. Barker
       83702).
      Boise (5th & Ft. Sts.,       Medical Center.  Wayne Tippets
       83702-4598).
    ILLINOIS:
      Alton (600 Pearl St.,        National         Ralph E. Church
       62003) (Mail: Jefferson      Cemetery.
       Barracks National
       Cemetery, MO).
      Chicago Health Care System   Medical Center.  Nathan Geraths, Acting
       (333 E. Huron St., 60611).
      Chicago (P.O. Box 8136,      Regional Office  (Vacancy)
       60680).
      Danville (61832)...........  Medical Center.  James S. Jones
      Danville (1900 E. Main St.,  National         Richard J. Pless
       61832).                      Cemetery.
      Hines (Lock Box 66303, AMF   Finance Center.  James Burkett
       O'Hare, 60666-0303).
      Hines (Edward Hines, Jr.,    Medical Center.  John J. DeNardo
       Hospital, 60141).
      Hines (P.O. Box 76, 60141).  VA National      George T. Patterson
                                    Acquisition
                                    Center.
      Hines (P.O. Box 27, 60141).  Service and      David Garcia
                                    Distribution
                                    Center.
      Marion (2401 W. Main St.,    Medical Center.  Earl Falast
       62959).
      Moline (Rock Island          National         Larry Williams
       National Cemetery, P.O.      Cemetery.
       Box 737, Rock Island
       Arsenal, 61265).
      Mound City (P.O. Box 128,    National         Ralph E. Church
       Hwys. 37 & 51, 62963)        Cemetery.
       (Mail: Jefferson Barracks
       National Cemetery, MO).
      North Chicago (60064)......  Medical Center.  Alfred S. Pate
      Quincy (36th & Maine Sts.,   National         Larry Williams
       62301) (Mail: Rock Island    Cemetery.
       National Cemetery, Rock
       Island, IL).
      Springfield (Camp Butler     National         Leon Murphy
       National Cemetery, 5063      Cemetery.
       Camp Butler Rd., R #1,
       62707).
    INDIANA:
      Indianapolis (1481 W. 10th   Medical Center.  Robert H. Sabin, Acting
       St., 46202).
        Cold Spring Road Division
        Tenth Street Division
      Indianapolis (575 N.         Regional Office  Dennis R. Wyant
       Pennsylvania St., 46204).
      Indianapolis (Crown Hill     National         Bobby A. Motan
       National Cemetery, 700 W.    Cemetery.
       38th St., 46208) (Mail:
       Marion National Cemetery,
       IN).
      Marion (1700 E. 38th St.,    National         Bobby A. Motan
       46952).                      Cemetery.
      New Albany (1943 Elkin       National         Gary D. Peak
       Ave., 47150) (Mail:          Cemetery.
       Zachary Taylor National
       Cemetery, KY).

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      Northern Indiana Health      Medical Center.  Michael W. Murphy
       Care System (2121 Lake
       Ave., Ft. Wayne, 46805).
    IOWA:
      Central Iowa Health Care     Medical Center.  Donald Cooper
       System (30th and Euclid
       Ave., Des Moines, 50310-
       5774).
      Des Moines (210 Walnut St.,  Regional Office  Norman W. Bauer
       50309).
      Iowa City (Hwy. 6 W., 52246- Medical Center.  Gary L. Wilkinson
       5774).
      Keokuk (1701 J St., 52632)   National         Larry Williams
       (Mail: Rock Island           Cemetery.
       National Cemetery, IL).
    KANSAS:
      Eastern Kansas Health Care   Medical Center   Edgar L. Tucker
       System (Leavenworth,         (medical and
       66048).                      domiciliary).
      Ft. Leavenworth (Mail:       National         Jeffrey S. Barnes
       Leavenworth National         Cemetery.
       Cemetery, KS).
      Ft. Scott (P.O. Box 917,     National         Jeffrey S. Barnes
       66701).                      Cemetery.
      Leavenworth (P.O. Box 1694,  National         Jeffrey S. Barnes
       66048).                      Cemetery.
      Topeka (Bldg. 9, 3401 SW.    Shared service   Bruce C. Carruthers
       21st St., 66604).            center.
      Wichita (5500 E. Kellogg,    Medical Center.  Kent Hill
       67218).
      Wichita (5500 E. Kellogg,    Regional Office  Robert Morrell, Acting
       67218).
    KENTUCKY:
      Danville (277 N. 1st St.,    National         Jeffrey Teas
       40442) (Mail: Camp Nelson    Cemetery.
       National Cemetery, KY).
      Lebanon (20 Hwy. 208E,       National         Gary D. Peak
       40033) (Mail: Zachary        Cemetery.
       Taylor National Cemetery,
       KY).
      Lexington (40511)..........  Medical Center.  Helen K. Cornish
        Cooper Drive Division
        Leestown Division
      Lexington (833 W. Main St.,  National         Jeffrey Teas
       40508) (Mail: Camp Nelson    Cemetery.
       National Cemetery, KY).
      Louisville (545 S. 3d St.,   Regional Office  Henry W. Gresham
       40202).
      Louisville (800 Zorn Ave.,   Medical Center.  Larry J. Sander
       40202).
      Louisville (Cave Hill        National         Gary D. Peak
       National Cemetery, 701       Cemetery.
       Baxter Ave., 40202) (Mail:
       Zachary Taylor National
       Cemetery, KY).
      Louisville (Zachary Taylor   National         Gary D. Peak
       National Cemetery4701        Cemetery.
       Brownsboro Rd., 40207).
      Nancy (Mill Springs          National         Jeffrey Teas
       National Cemetery, 42544)    Cemetery.
       (Mail: Camp Nelson
       National Cemetery, KY).
      Nicholasville (Camp Nelson   National         Jeffrey Teas
       National Cemetery, 6980      Cemetery.
       Danville Rd., 40356).
    LOUISIANA:
      Alexandria (71301).........  Medical Center.  Allen S. Goss
      Baton Rouge (220 N. 19th     National         Virgil M. Wertenberger
       St., 70806) (Mail: Port      Cemetery.
       Hudson National Cemetery,
       LA).
      New Orleans (1601 Peridido   Medical Center.  John D. Church, Jr.
       St., 70146).
      New Orleans (701 Loyola      Regional Office  Gary Cole
       Ave., 70113).
      Pineville (Alexandria        National         Sharon Bell-Goodrich,
       National Cemetery, 209 E.    Cemetery.        Trainee
       Shamrock Ave., 71360)
       (Mail: Natchez, NC).
      Shreveport (510 E. Stoner    Medical Center.  Billy Valentine
       Ave., 71101).
      Zachary (20978 Port Hickey   National         Virgil M. Wertenberger
       Rd., 70791) (Port Hudson     Cemetery.
       National Cemetery).
    MAINE:
      Togus (04330)..............  Medical and      John H. Sims, Jr.
                                    Regional
                                    Office Center.
      Togus (VA Medical and        National         Kurt Rotar
       Regional Office Center,      Cemetery.
       04330) (Mail:
       Massachusetts National
       Cemetery, MA).
    MARYLAND:
      Annapolis (800 West St.,     National         Robin Pohlman
       21401) (Mail: Baltimore      Cemetery.
       National Cemetery, MD).
      Baltimore (31 Hopkins Plz.,  Regional Office  John W. Smith
       21201).
      Baltimore (5501 Frederick    National         Robin Pohlman
       Ave., 21228).                Cemetery.
      Baltimore (Loudon Park       National         Robin Pohlman
       National Cemetery, 3445      Cemetery.
       Frederick Ave., 21228)
       (Mail: Baltimore National
       Cemetery, MD).
      Maryland Health Care System  Medical Center.  Dennis Smith
       (10 N. Green St.,
       Baltimore, 21201).
    MASSACHUSETTS:
      Bedford (Edith Nourse        Medical Center.  William A. Conte
       Rogers Memorial Veterans
       Hospital, 200 Springs Rd.,
       01730).
      Boston Health Care Center    Medical Center.  Michael Lawson
       (150 S. Huntington Ave.,
       02130).
      Boston (John F. Kennedy      Regional Office  Michael D. Olson
       Federal Bldg., 02203).
      Bourne (Massachusetts        National         Kurt Rotar
       National Cemetery, Connary   Cemetery.
       Ave., 02532).

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      Brockton/West Roxbury (1400  Medical Center.  Roland E. Moore, Acting
       Veterans of Foreign Wars
       Pkwy., West Roxbury,
       02401).
      Northampton (01060)........  Medical Center.  Bruce A. Gordon
    MICHIGAN:
      Ann Arbor (2215 Fuller Rd.,  Medical Center.  James Roseborough
       48105).
      Augusta (Ft. Custer          National         Robert Poe
       National Cemetery, 15501     Cemetery.
       Dickman Rd., 49012).
      Battle Creek (49106).......  Medical Center.  Michael K. Wheeler
      Detroit (48101-1932).......  Medical Center.  Carlos B. Lott, Jr.
      Detroit (477 Michigan Ave.,  Regional Office  Carlos B. Lott, Jr.
       48226).
      Iron Mountain (49801)......  Medical Center.  Thomas Arnold
      Saginaw (1500 Weiss St.,     Medical Center.  Michael Tyllas, Acting
       48602).
    MINNESOTA:
      Minneapolis (1 Veterans      Medical Center.  Steven P. Kleinglass,
       Dr., 55417).                                  Acting
      Minneapolis (Ft. Snelling    National         Steve Muro
       National Cemetery, 7601      Cemetery.
       34th Ave. S., 55450).
      St. Cloud (4801 8th St. N.,  Medical Center.  Barry I. Bahl
       56303).
      St. Paul (Bishop Henry       Regional Office  Ronald J. Henke
       Whipple Federal Bldg., Ft.   and Insurance
       Snelling, 55111)             Center.
       (Remittances: P.O. Box
       1820, 55111).
    MISSISSIPPI:
      Biloxi (39531).............  Medical Center   Julie Catellies
                                    (medical and
                                    domiciliary).
        Biloxi Hospital and
       Domiciliary Division
        Gulfport Hospital
       Division
      Biloxi (P.O. Box 4968,       National         Douglas W. Smith, Sr.
       39535-4968).                 Cemetery.
      Corinth (1551 Horton St.,    Medical Center   Mark E. Maynard
       38834) (Mail: Memphis        (medical and
       National Cemetery, TN).      domiciliary).
      Jackson (1500 E. Woodrow     Medical Center.  Richard P. Miller
       Wilson Dr., 39216).
      Jackson (1600 E. Woodrow     Regional Office  Mary F. Leyland
       Wilson Ave., 39216).
      Natchez (41 Cemetery Rd.,    National         Sharon Bell-Goodrich,
       39120).                      Cemetery.        Trainee
    MISSOURI:
      Columbia (Harry S. Truman    Medical Center.  Gary Campbell
       Memorial Veterans
       Hospital, 800 Hospital
       Dr., 65201).
      Jefferson City (1024 E.      National         Ralph E. Church
       McCarthy, 65101) (Mail:      Cemetery.
       Jefferson Barracks
       National Cemetery, MO).
      Kansas City (4801 Linwood    Medical Center.  Hugh F. Doran
       Blvd., 64128).
      Poplar Bluff (63901).......  Medical Center.  Nancy Arnold
      Springfield (1702 E.         National         Dane Freeman
       Seminole St., 65804).        Cemetery.
      St. Louis (63125)..........  Medical Center.  Donald L. Ziegenhorn
        John J. Cochran Division,
       63106
      St. Louis (P.O. Box 5020,    Records          Michael C. Baker
       63115).                      Management
                                    Center.
      St. Louis (400 S. 18th St.,  Regional Office  Robert J. Epley
       63103-2271).
      St. Louis (Jefferson         National         Ralph E. Church
       Barracks National            Cemetery.
       Cemetery, 2900 Sheridan
       Dr., 63125).
    MONTANA:
      Montana Health Care System   Medical and      Joseph M. Underkofler
       (Ft. Harrison, 59636).       Regional
                                    Office Center.
    NEBRASKA:
      Greater Nebraska Health      Medical Center.  David A. Asper
       Care System (600 S. 70th
       St., Lincoln, 68510).
      Lincoln (5631 S. 48th St.,   Regional Office  Geraldine Johnson
       68516).
      Maxwell (Ft. McPherson       National         Jim Schwartz
       National Cemetery, HCO 1,    Cemetery.
       Box 67, 69151).
      Omaha (4101 Woolworth Ave.,  Medical Center.  John J. Phillips
       68105).
    NEVADA:
      Las Vegas (102 Lake Mead     Outpatient       Ramon J. Reevey
       Dr., 89106).                 Clinic.
      Reno (1000 Locust St.,       Medical Center.  Gary R. Whitfield
       89520).
      Reno (1201 Terminal Way,     Regional Office  Eileen Straub
       89520).
    NEW HAMPSHIRE:
      Manchester (718 Smyth Rd.,   Medical Center.  (Vacancy)
       02104).
      Manchester (275 Chestnut     Regional Office  Edward J. Hubbard
       St., 03101).
    NEW JERSEY:
      Beverly (R #1, Bridgeboro    National         Delores T. Blake
       Rd., 08010).                 Cemetery.
      Newark (20 Washington Pl.,   Regional Office  Robert P. Van Sprang
       07102).
      New Jersey Health Care       Medical Center.  Kenneth Mizrach
       System (East Orange,
       07018).
      Salem (Finn's Point          National         Delores T. Blake
       National Cemetery, R.F.D.    Cemetery.
       3, Ft. Mott Rd., Box 542,
       08079) (Mail: Beverly
       National Cemetery, NJ).
      Somerville (08876).........  Asset            Sharon Dufour
                                    Management
                                    Service.
    NEW MEXICO:
      Albuquerque (2100            Medical Center.  Norman E. Browne
       Ridgecrest Dr. SE., 87108-
       5138).

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      Albuquerque (500 Gold Ave.   Regional Office  Sandra D. Epps
       SW., 87102).
      Ft. Bayard (Ft. Bayard       National         Gerald T. Vitela
       National Cemetery, P.O.      Cemetery.
       Box 189, 88036) (Mail: Ft.
       Bliss National Cemetery,
       TX).
      Santa Fe (P.O. Box 88, 501   National         Gilbert Gallo
       N. Guadalupe St., 87501).    Cemetery.
    NEW YORK:
      Albany (113 Holland Ave.,    Medical Center.  (Vacancy)
       12208).
      Bath (14810)...............  Medical Center   (Vacancy)
                                    (medical and
                                    domiciliary).
      Bath (VA Medical Center,     National         David G. Dimmick
       14810).                      Cemetery.
      Bronx (130 W. Kingsbridge    Medical Center.  MaryAnn Musumeci
       Rd., 10468).
      Brooklyn (800 Poly Pl.,      Medical Center.  John Donnellan, Jr.
       11209).
        Brooklyn Division
        St. Albans Division
      Brooklyn (35 Ryerson St.,    Outpatient       James J. Farsetta
       11205).                      Clinic.
      Brooklyn (Cypress Hills      National         (Vacancy)
       National Cemetery, 625       Cemetery.
       Jamaica Ave., 11208)
       (Mail: Long Island
       National Cemetery, NY).
      Buffalo (111 W. Huron St.,   Regional Office  Gregory L. Mason
       14202).
      Calverton (210 Princeton     National         Patrick Hallinan
       Blvd., 11933).               Cemetery.
      Canandaigua (14424)........  Medical Center.  W. David Smith
      Elmira (Woodlawn National    National         David G. Dimmick
       Cemetery, 1825 Davis St.,    Cemetery.
       14901) (Mail: Bath
       National Cemetery, NY).
      Farmingdale (Long Island     National         (Vacancy)
       National Cemetery, 2040      Cemetery.
       Wellwood Ave., 11735-1211).
      Hudson Valley Health Care    Medical Center.  Michael Sabo
       System (Franklin Delano
       Roosevelt Hospital,
       Montrose, 10548).
      New York (245 W. Houston     Regional Office  (Vacancy)
       Street, 10014).
      New York (1st Ave. at E.     Medical Center.  John Donnellan, Jr.
       24th St., 10001).
      New York Harbor Health Care  Medical Center.  John J. Donnellan, Jr.
       System (Brooklyn, 11209).
      Northport (Long Island,      Medical Center.  Mary Dowling
       11768).
      Syracuse (Irving Ave. &      Medical Center.  Phillip Thomas
       University Pl., 13210).
      Western New York Health      Medical Center.  William Feeley
       Care System (3495 Bailey
       Ave., Buffalo, 14215).
    NORTH CAROLINA:
      Asheville (28805)..........  Medical Center.  James A. Christian
      Durham (508 Fulton St. &     Medical Center.  Michael Phaup
       Erwin Rd., 27705).
      Fayetteville (2300 Ramsey    Medical Center.  Richard Baltz
       St., 28301).
      New Bern (1711 National      National         (Vacancy)
       Ave., 28560).                Cemetery.
      Raleigh (501 Rock Quarry     National         Abe Stice
       Rd., 27610).                 Cemetery.
      Salisbury (1601 Brenner      Medical Center.  Timothy May
       Ave., 28144).
      Salisbury (202 Government    National         Margaret S. Yarborough
       Rd., 28144).                 Cemetery.
      Wilmington (2011 Market      National         (Vacancy)
       St., 28403) (Mail: New       Cemetery.
       Bern National Cemetery,
       NC).
      Winston-Salem (251 N. Main   Regional Office  John Montgomery
       St., 27155).
    NORTH DAKOTA:
      Fargo (655 1st Ave., 58102)  Medical and      Douglas M. Kenyon
                                    Regional
                                    Office Center.
    OHIO:
      Chillicothe (45601)........  Medical Center.  Michael W. Walton
      Cincinnati (3200 Vine St.,   Medical Center.  Gary N. Nugent
       45220).
      Cleveland (10701 East        Medical Center.  William Montague
       Blvd., 44106-3800).
        Brecksville Division
        Wade Park Division
      Cleveland (1240 E. 9th St.,  Regional Office  Phillip J. Ross
       44199).
      Columbus (2090 Kenny Rd.,    Outpatient       Lilian T. Thome
       43221).                      Clinic.
      Dayton (VA Medical Center,   Medical Center   Steve Cohen
       4100 W. 3d St., 45428).      (medical and
                                    domiciliary).
      Dayton (VA Medical Center,   National         Karen J. DuHart
       4100 W. 3d St., 45428).      Cemetery.
    OKLAHOMA:
      Ft. Gibson (1423 Cemetery    National         Candice Underwood
       Rd., 74434).                 Cemetery.
      Muskogee (Memorial Station,  Medical Center.  Allen J. Colston
       Honor Heights Dr., 74401).
      Muskogee (125 S. Main St.,   Regional Office  William D. Fillman, Jr.
       74401).
      Oklahoma City (921 NE. 13th  Medical Center.  Steve J. Gentling
       St., 73104).
    OREGON:
      Eagle Point (2763 Riley      National         Darryl Ferrell
       Rd., 97524).                 Cemetery.
      Portland (3710 SW. U.S.      Medical Center.  James Tuchschmidt
       Veterans Hospital Rd.,
       97207).
      Portland (1220 SW. 3d Ave.,  Regional Office  Joseph Williams
       97204).
      Portland (Willamette         National         Billy D. Murphy
       National Cemetery, 11800     Cemetery.
       SE. Mt. Scott Blvd., P.O.
       Box 66147, 97266-6937).
      Roseburg (97470-6513)......  Medical Center.  George Marnell
      Roseburg (VA Medical         National         Billy D. Murphy
       Center, 97470) (Mail:        Cemetery.
       Willamette National
       Cemetery, OR).

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      White City (97503).........  Domiciliary....  George H. Andries, Jr.
    PENNSYLVANIA:
      Altoona (16602-4377).......  Medical Center.  Gerald L. Williams
      Annville (Indiantown Gap     National         Charlene R. Lewis
       National Cemetery, R #2,     Cemetery.
       Box 484, 17003-9618).
      Butler (16001-2480)........  Medical Center.  Michael Moreland
      Coatesville (19320)........  Medical Center.  Gary W. Devansky
      Erie (135 E. 38th St.        Medical Center.  Stephen M. Lucas
       Blvd., 16504).
      Lebanon (17042)............  Medical Center.  Charlene Szabo
      Philadelphia (5000           Regional Office  Thomas M. Lastowka
       Wissahickon Ave., 19101)     and Insurance
       (Insurance remittances:      Center.
       P.O. Box 7787). (Mail:
       P.O. Box 42954).
      Philadelphia (University &   Medical Center.  Michael Sullivan
       Woodland Aves., 19104).
      Philadelphia (Haines St. &   National         Delores T. Blake
       Limekiln Pike, 19138)        Cemetery.
       (Mail: Beverly National
       Cemetery, NJ).
      Pittsburgh (1000 Liberty     Regional Office  Barry S. Jackson
       Ave., 15222).
      Pittsburgh Health Care       Medical Center.  Thomas A. Cappello
       System (University Dr. C,
       15240).
        Aspinwall Division
        Pittsburgh Division
      Wilkes-Barre (1111 E. End    Medical Center.  Reedes Hurt
       Blvd., 18711).
    PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC:
      Manila (1131 Roxas Blvd.,    Regional Office  Robert F. Moakley
       APO 96440).                  and Outpatient
                                    Clinic.
    PUERTO RICO:
      Bayamon (Puerto Rico         National         Jorge Lopez
       National Cemetery, P.O.      Cemetery.
       Box 1298, 00960).
      Hato Rey (U.S. Courthouse &
       Federal Bldg., Carlos E.
       Chardon St., 00918).
      San Juan (Barrio Monacillos  Medical Center.  Jamie Palmer
       G.P.O., Box 364867, 00927-
       5800).
      San Juan (U.S. Courthouse &  Regional Office  Mary F. Leyland
       Federal Bldg., Carlos E.
       Chardon St., G.P.O. Box
       364867, Hato Rey, 00936).
    RHODE ISLAND:
      Providence (380 Westminster  Regional Office  Peter Wells
       Mall, 02903).
      Providence (Davis Park,      Medical Center.  (Vacancy)
       02908).
    SOUTH CAROLINA:
      Beaufort (1601 Boundary      National         Walter A. Gray
       St., 29902).                 Cemetery.
      Charleston (109 Bee St.,     Medical Center.  R. John Vogel
       29401-5799).
      Columbia (William Jennings   Medical Center.  Brian Heckert
       Bryan Dorn Veterans
       Hospital, 29209).
      Columbia (1801 Assembly      Regional Office  R. Stedman Sloan, Jr.
       St., 29201).
      Florence (803 E. National    National         Kenneth LaFevor
       Cemetery Rd., 29501).        Cemetery.
    SOUTH DAKOTA:
      Ft. Meade (57741)..........  Medical Center.  Peter P. Henry
      Hot Springs (Ft. Meade       Medical Center   Alan C. Saatkamp
       National Cemetery, 57747).   (medical and
                                    domiciliary).
      Hot Springs (VA Medical      National         Douglas D. Miner
       Center, 57747) (Mail:        Cemetery.
       Black Hills National
       Cemetery, SD).
      Sioux Falls (Royal C.        Medical Center   R. Vincent Crawford
       Johnson Veterans Memorial    and Regional
       Hospital, P.O. Box 5046,     Office.
       25051 W. 22d St., 57117).
      Sturgis (P.O. Box 640,
       57785) (Mail: Black Hills
       National Cemetery).
      Sturgis (Black Hills         National         Douglas D. Miner
       National Cemetery, P.O.      Cemetery.
       Box 640, 57785).
    TENNESSEE:
      Chattanooga (1200 Bailey     National         James Wallace
       Ave., 37404).                Cemetery.
      Knoxville (939 Tyson St.     National         Rodney Dunn
       NW., 37917) (Mail:           Cemetery.
       Mountain Home).
      Madison (1420 Gallatin Rd.   National         Joe Nunnally
       S., 37115-4619) (Nashville   Cemetery.
       National Cemetery).
      Memphis (1030 Jefferson      Medical Center.  Kenneth L. Mulholland,
       Ave., 38104).                                 Jr.
      Memphis (3568 Townes Ave.,   National         Mark E. Maynard
       38122).                      Cemetery.
      Mountain Home (Johnson       Medical Center   Carl J. Gerber
       City, 37684).                (medical and
                                    domiciliary).
      Mountain Home (P.O. Box 8,   National         Rodney Dunn
       37684).                      Cemetery.
      Murfreesboro (37129-1236)..  Medical Center.  Richard C. Tron, Acting
      Nashville (1310 24th Ave.    Medical Center.  William Mountcastle
       S., 37212-2637).
      Nashville (110 9th Ave. S.,  Regional Office  Thomas R. Jensen
       37203).
    TEXAS:
      Amarillo (6010 Amarillo      Medical Center.  Wallace M. Hopkins
       Blvd. W., 79106).
      Austin (1615 E. Woodward     Automation       Robert Evans
       St., 78772).                 Center.
      Austin (P.O. Box 149975,     Financial        Harlan R. Hively
       78714-9575).                 Services
                                    Center.

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      Big Spring (79720).........  Medical Center.  Cary Brown
      Bonham (Sam Rayburn          Medical Center   (Vacancy)
       Memorial Veterans Center,    (medical and
       75418).                      domiciliary).
      Central Texas Health Care    Medical Center   Dean Billik
       System (Olin E. Teague       (medical and
       Veterans Center, Temple,     domiciliary).
       76504).
      Dallas (4500 S. Lancaster    Medical Center.  Alan Harper
       Rd., 75216).
      El Paso (5919 Brook Hollow   Outpatient       Frank Caldwell
       Dr., 79925).                 Clinic.
      Ft. Bliss (5200 Fred Wilson  National         Gerald T. Vitela
       Rd., P.O. Box 6342, 79906).  Cemetery.
      Houston (2002 Holcombe       Medical Center.  David Whately
       Blvd., 77030).
      Houston (6900 Almeda Rd.,    Regional Office  Thomas R. Wagner
       77030).
      Houston (10410 Veterans      National         Jose R. Coronado
       Memorial Dr., 77038).        Cemetery.
      Kerrville (VA Medical        National         Joe A. Ramos
       Center, 3600 Memorial        Cemetery.
       Blvd., 78028) (Mail: Ft.
       Sam Houston, TX).
      San Antonio (517 Paso Hondo  National         Joe A. Ramos
       St., 78202) (Mail: Ft. Sam   Cemetery.
       Houston National Cemetery,
       TX).
      San Antonio (1520 Harry      National         Joe A. Ramos
       Wurzbach Rd., 78209) (Ft.    Cemetery.
       Sam Houston National
       Cemetery).
      South Texas Veterans Health  Medical Center.  Jose R. Coronado
       Care System (Audie L.
       Murphy Memorial Veterans
       Hospital, 7400 Merton
       Minter Blvd., San Antonio,
       78284)).
      Waco (4800 Memorial Dr.,     Medical Center.  A. Reddy, Acting
       76711).
      Waco (701 Clay Ave., 76799)  Regional Office  Jerry G. McRae
    UTAH:
      Salt Lake City (125 S.       Regional Office  Douglas B. Wadsworth
       State St., 84147).
      Salt Lake City (500          Medical Center.  James Floyd
       Foothill Blvd., 84148).
    VERMONT:
      White River Junction         Medical and      Gary M. DeGasta
       (05009).                     Regional
                                    Office Center.
    VIRGINIA:
      Alexandria (1450 Wilkes      National         Lawrence Bibbs
       St., 22314) (Mail:           Cemetery.
       Culpeper National
       Cemetery, VA).
      Culpeper (305 U.S. Ave.,     National         Lawrence Bibbs
       22701).                      Cemetery.
      Danville (721 Lee St.,       National         Margaret S. Yarborough
       24541) (Mail: Salisbury      Cemetery.
       National Cemetery, NC).
      Hampton (23667)............  Medical Center   Bettye Story
                                    (medical and
                                    domiciliary).
      Hampton (Cemetery Rd. at     National         Homer D. Hardamon
       Marshall Ave., 23667).       Cemetery.
      Hampton (VA Medical Center,  National         Homer D. Hardamon
       23667) (Mail: Cemetery Rd.   Cemetery.
       at Marshall Ave., VA).
      Hopewell (10th Ave. & Davis  National         Homer D. Hardamon
       St., 23860) (City Point      Cemetery.
       National Cemetery) (Mail:
       Richmond National
       Cemetery, VA).
      Leesburg (Balls Bluff        National         Lawrence Bibbs
       National Cemetery, Route     Cemetery.
       7, 22075) (Mail: Culpeper
       National Cemetery, VA).
      Mechanicsville (Cold Harbor  National         Homer D. Hardamon
       National Cemetery, Route     Cemetery.
       156 N., 23111) (Mail:
       Richmond National
       Cemetery, VA).
      Richmond (1201 Broad Rock    Medical Center.  James W. Dudley
       Rd., 23249).
      Richmond (1701 Williamsburg  National         Homer D. Hardamon
       Rd., 23231).                 Cemetery.
      Richmond (Ft. Harrison       National         Homer D. Hardamon
       National Cemetery, 8620      Cemetery.
       Varina Rd., 23231) (Mail:
       Richmond National
       Cemetery, VA).
      Richmond (Glendale National  National         Homer D. Hardamon
       Cemetery, 8301 Willis        Cemetery.
       Church Rd., 23231) (Mail:
       Richmond National
       Cemetery, VA).
      Roanoke (210 Franklin Rd.    Regional Office  James A. Maye
       SW., 24011).
      Salem (24153)..............  Medical Center.  Stephen Lemons
      Sandston (Seven Pines        National         Homer D. Hardamon
       National Cemetery, 400 E.    Cemetery.
       Williamsburg Rd., 23150)
       (Mail: Richmond National
       Cemetery, VA).
      Staunton (901 Richmond       National         Lawrence Bibbs
       Ave., 24401) (Mail:          Cemetery.
       Culpeper National
       Cemetery, VA).
      Triangle (Quantico National  National         Patricia K. Novak
       Cemetery, R #619, 18424      Cemetery.
       Joplin Rd., 22172).
      Winchester (401 National     National         Lawrence Bibbs
       Ave., 22601) (Mail:          Cemetery.
       Culpeper National
       Cemetery, VA).
    WASHINGTON:
      Pugent Sound Health Care     Medical Center.  Timothy Williams
       System (4435 Beacon Ave.
       S., Seattle, 98108).
      Seattle (915 2d Ave.,        Regional Office  Michael Walcoff
       98174).
      Spokane (N. 4815 Assembly    Medical Center.  Joseph M. Manley
       St., 99205).
      Walla Walla (77 Wainwright   Medical Center.  (Vacancy)
       Dr., 99362).
    WEST VIRGINIA:
      Beckley (200 Veterans Ave.,  Medical Center.  Gerard Husson
       25801).
      Clarksburg (26301).........  Medical Center.  Michael W. Neusch

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      Grafton (West Virginia       National         Patrick Lovett
       National Cemetery, R #2,     Cemetery.
       Box 127, 26354).
      Grafton (431 Walnut St.,     National         Patrick Lovett
       26354) (Mail: West           Cemetery.
       Virginia National
       Cemetery, WV) (Grafton
       National Cemetery, WV).
      Huntington (1540 Spring      Medical Center.  David Pennington
       Valley Dr., 25704).
      Huntington (640 4th Ave.,    Regional Office  David Allen, Acting
       25701).
      Martinsburg (25401)........  Medical Center   George Moore, Jr.
                                    (medical and
                                    domiciliary).
    WISCONSIN:
      Madison (William S.          Medical Center.  Nathan L. Geraths
       Middleton Memorial
       Veterans Hospital, 2500
       Overlook Ter., 53705).
      Milwaukee (5000 W. National  Medical Center   Glen Grippen
       Ave., 53295-4000).           (medical and
                                    domiciliary).
      Milwaukee (5000 W. National  Regional Office  Jon A. Baker
       Ave., Bldg. 6, 53295-4000).
      Milwaukee (Wood National     National         Richard A. Anderson
       Cemetery, 5000 W. National   Cemetery.
       Ave., 53295-4000).
      Tomah (54660)..............  Medical Center.  Stanley Q. Johnson
    WYOMING:
      Cheyenne (2360 E. Pershing   Medical Center.  Richard Fry
       Blvd., 82001).
      Sheridan (82801)...........  Medical Center.  Maureen Humphrys
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    Audiovisuals  Persons interested in the availability of VA video
    productions or exhibits for showing outside VA may write the Chief,
    Media Services Division (032B), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810
    Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420. Phone, 202-273-9781 or 9782.
    Contracts and Small Business Activities  Persons seeking to do business
    with the Department of Veterans Affairs may contact the Director,
    Acquisition Resources Service (95), 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington,
    DC 20420. Phone, 202-273-8815. A brochure entitled Doing Business With
    the Department of Veterans Affairs, which describes acquisition
    opportunities and contact points, is available upon request. The Office
    of Acquisition and Materiel Management also distributes information
    regarding VA business opportunities electronically through the Internet,
    at http://www.va.gov/oa&mm/index.htm.
        The pamphlet entitled Department of Veterans Affairs Business
    Assistance Pamphlet, is prepared with the veteran in mind and contains
    information on procurement programs, acquisition regulatory
    requirements, and general guidance on marketing the Federal Government.
    Information concerning the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business
    Utilization is also available electronically through the Internet, at
    http://www.va.gov/osdbu/. Persons seeking information regarding special
    contracting and subcontracting programs for small, disadvantaged, 8(a)
    certified, and women- and veteran-owned small businesses may contact the
    Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (00SB).
    Phone, 202-565-8124, or 800-949-8387.
        The Veterans Benefits Administration enforces laws which prohibit
    discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability,
    and age in federally assisted programs. Information regarding these laws
    can be obtained from the nearest VA regional office.
    Electronic Access  Information concerning the Department of Veterans
    Affairs is available electronically through the Internet, at http://
    www.va.gov/.
    Employment  The Department of Veterans Affairs employs physicians,
    dentists, podiatrists, optometrists, nurses, nurse anesthetists,
    physician assistants, expanded-function dental auxiliaries, registered
    respiratory therapists, certified respiratory technicians, licensed
    physical therapists, occupational therapists, pharmacists, and licensed
    practical or vocational nurses under VA's excepted merit system. This
    system does not require civil service eligibility. Other professional,
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    and clerical occupations exist in VA that do require civil service
    eligibility. Persons interested in employment should contact the Human
    Resources Management Office at their nearest VA facility. All qualified
    applicants will receive consideration for appointments without regard to
    race, religion, color, national origin, sex, political affiliation, or
    any nonmerit factor.
    Freedom of Information Act Requests  Inquiries should be directed to the
    Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, Information
    Management Service (045A4), 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC
    20420. Phone, 202-273-8135.
    Inspector General Inquiries and Hotline  Publicly available documents
    and information on the VA Office of Inspector General are available
    electronically through the Internet, at http://www.va.gov/oig/
    homepage.htm. Complaints may be sent by mail to the VA Inspector General
    (53E), P.O. Box 50410, Washington, DC 20091-0410. Hotline phone, 800-
    488-8244. E-mail, vaoig.hotline@forum.va.gov.
    Medical Center (Hospital) Design, Construction, and Related Services  VA
    projects requiring services for design, construction, and other related
    services are advertised in the Commerce Business Daily. Architectural/
    engineering firms interested in designing VA medical center construction
    projects may write to the Director, Program Support Service (187B).
    Phone, 202-565-4181. Construction contractors should address their
    inquiries to the Chief, Office and Library Support Division (182C).
    Phone, 202-565-5171. Contact either office at the Department of Veterans
    Affairs Central Office, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420; or
    write to the Chief, Acquisition and Materiel Management, at any VA
    medical center or regional office center (see listing in the preceding
    text).
    News Media  Representatives of the media outside Washington, DC, may
    contact VA through the nearest regional Office of Public Affairs:

      Atlanta (404-347-3236)
      Chicago (312-353-4076)
      Dallas (214-767-9270)
      Denver (303-914-5855)
      Los Angeles (310-268-4207)
      New York (212-807-3429)

    National and Washington, DC, media may contact the Office of Public
    Affairs in the VA Central Office, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC
    20420. Phone, 202-273-5700.
    Publications  Annual Report of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may be
    obtained (in single copies), without charge, from the Reports and
    Information Service (008C2), 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC
    20420.
        The 1998 VA pamphlet Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents
    (80-98-1) is available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents,
    Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402.
        Board of Veterans Appeals Index (I-01-1), an index to appellate
    decisions, is available on microfiche in annual cumulation from July
    1977 through December 1994. The quarterly indexes may be purchased for
    $7 and annual cumulative indexes for $22.50. Annual indexes and BVA
    decisions for 1992 and 1993 are also available on CD-ROM for $30. The
    VADEX/CITATOR of Appellate Research Materials is a complete printed
    quarterly looseleaf cumulation of research material which may be
    purchased for $175 with binder and for $160 without binder. The Vadex
    Infobase, a computer-searchable version of the VADEX, is also available
    on diskettes for $100 per copy. These publications may be obtained by
    contacting Promisel and Korn, Inc. Phone, 301-986-0650. Beginning in
    1993, archived decisions of the Board of Veterans' Appeals are available
    on CD-ROM, which may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents,
    Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402.
        VA Pamphlet, A Summary of Department of Veteran Affairs Benefits
    (27-82-2), may be obtained, without charge, from any VA regional office.
        Interments in VA National Cemeteries, VA NCA-IS-1, provides a list
    of national cemeteries and information on procedures and eligibility for
    burial.

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    Copies may be obtained without charge from the National Cemetery
    Administration (402B2), 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420.
        A construction research report listing may be obtained from the
    Director, Program Management and Planning Office (O82), Office of
    Facilities, Department of Veterans Affairs, 811 Vermont Avenue NW.,
    Washington, DC 20420. Phone, 202-565-5781.

    For further information, contact the Office of Public Affairs,
    Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC
    20420. Phone, 202-273-5700. Internet, http://www.va.gov/.