[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.
    The Board's jurisdiction includes applications for attorney fees and

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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
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                                   Type of
           Address                 facility             Director
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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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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, 
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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, [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.

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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/.