[United States Government Manual] [June 01, 1999] [Pages 469-489] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov][[Page 469]] 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 [[Page 470]]ffice 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 [[Page 471]] 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 [[Page 472]] 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 [[Page 473]] 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 [[Page 474]] [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] T185193.030 [[Page 475]] 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. The Board's jurisdiction includes applications for attorney fees and [[Page 476]] 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; [[Page 477]] --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: [[Page 478]] --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, [[Page 479]] 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). [[Page 480]] 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). [[Page 481]] 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). [[Page 482]] 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). [[Page 483]] 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). [[Page 484]] 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). [[Page 485]] 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. [[Page 486]] 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 [[Page 487]] 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sources of Information 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, technical, administrative, [[Page 488]] 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, [email protected]. 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. [[Page 489]] 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/.