Va Web Site Changes

[Vync]

www.va.gov now looks totally different. If you think you knew where things used to be, look again. I don't yet know if it is an improvement or will make our lives more difficult.

[Pete53]

It looks, more to me like, they are trying to decrease end user usage!

If they would ONLY spend the time and MONEY trying to help US.

Like, for example, they were SUPPOSED to have the MyHealthEVet portion of their website all set up by the end of the year. I mean, ALL SET UP, where we could check on our upcoming appointments, MAKE upcoming appointments, access our medical records, etc.

Instead, they have spent what they should have spent on US...........trying, once again, to make THEM "look good", when, in all actuality, it has just been more smoke and mirrors.

But, if you REALLY want to know what I think...........? ;)

They have been claiming that they would do that for 5 years.

[LarryJ]

They have been claiming that they would do that for 5 years.

Like I said "It's all smoke and mirrors", except there is some of that smoke gettin' blown up our butts.

Y'all just excuse me, but I'm having second thoughts about bein' NICE!

;)

If I had spent as much time makin up excuses for why I didn't do what I said I was going to do, instead of taking care of my clients, I'd have been a starving, non-productive, lying, useless CLOD!

Kinda like the_______________________ (insert the first name that comes to mind)!

Edited November 13, 2009 by LarryJ

[jbasser]

It would not be reasonable to have the intent to make the web site easy for the basics like benefits and general and make it as hard as possible for researchers to access information.

That is what it appears to me as I saw it the other day and it is difficult to navigate. It still can be done but it takes more time to get it done.

J

[halos2]

GENERIC...this is ridiculous. What did they do, make it a project for 5th graders to develop a new site? Somemore waste of $.

They need to hit the delete button on the site and recover the history one.

OK I thought what the heck let's see how it works...

So I click About Me header

then click Jobs

Career Search

Va Careers.va.gov

stick clicking on down next to VA in the news

the last entry in that list I clicked on was How Veterans' Hospitals Became the Best in Health Care

WHAT? I thought...what about Marion?? Then read the date of the story Aug 27, 2006 By DouglasWaller for TIME.

Why would they even have such a story posted when the last few years the hospitals have infected vets with contaminated equipment, been sued for negligence, paid millions to dependents over lack of care which resulted in vets deaths, on and on and the Walter Reed incidents, etc. We are not living in 2006...

You want to update?? the site? Well put updated info on it! Be truthful...don't present old invalid information on a ?new ?web

site! Give me a break.

Write it in the PRESENT!

Edited November 13, 2009 by halos2

[*Bergie*]

www.va.gov now looks totally different. If you think you knew where things used to be, look again. I don't yet know if it is an improvement or will make our lives more difficult.

I sure was shocked when I saw it the other day. I had a hard time with it to, sure makes you wonder what the motivation was?

JMHO,

Bergie

[allan]

With the changes, these may be of help..........

Try Important links below for BVA, CAVC, General counsel & VBA fact sheets

Web Automated Reference Material System (WARMS)

http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/TOCindex.htm

Important VBA Links

http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/imporlnks.htm

Edited November 14, 2009 by allan