We provide the latest information about the Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) and other topics of interest to veterans and their families.

     This information is provided free as a public service.  You are encouraged to pass it on to others who will find it useful.

     All information is carefully documented and links to sources are provided.

     VA Watchdog dot Org is not a VA "hate site."  There are plenty of those if that is what you seek.

     We believe the VA provides excellent healthcare to qualified veterans.  However, the VA is plagued by chronic underfunding caused by politicians who, every year, do not provide adequate monies to support the healthcare needs of veterans.

     We also believe that the political appointees who run the VA interfere with the professional and dedicated workers of the VA who do not hold politically-appointed positions.  Veterans' healthcare is NOT a political matter and should not be entrusted to those who owe allegiance to any political party.

     We also support legislative efforts to take VA healthcare out of the discretionary federal budget and make it mandatory.  Such a move would guarantee healthcare for veterans and take the politics out of the funding apparatus.

     Along the political line...VA Watchdog dot Org does not endorse political candidates.  We will, however, point out those politicians who, by their deeds and not just their words, truly support veterans.  And, we will point out those who do not support veterans, again, judged by their deeds. 

     We have adopted the guiding principles of the Disabled American Veterans (DAV):  VA Watchdog dot Org shall be non-political and non-sectarian and our name shall not be used in representing the desires or wishes of any person or group in any political or sectarian dispute, including, but not limited to, legal actions and demonstrations.

     VA Watchdog dot Org is not an organization.  There are no memberships, fees or dues.  We are a privately-owned web site (owners are Larry Scott and Marie Scott) with a simple goal of helping veterans by providing free information.

     We collect no personal information from anyone who visits this site.  The site is "cookie free."  If you correspond by email, your name is NOT put on a list.  We carefully guard all email addresses.  If you wish to correspond anonymously, use the anonymous correspondence box on this page.  And, if you wish a more secure form of communication, you may PGP encrypt your email after we have exchanged keys.

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