Construction begins this year on a new Fisher House for the VA Medical Center in Dallas, according to a VA release. Sponsored by the Fisher Foundation, the house will provide free lodging for relatives of wounded veterans undergoing treatment at the center.
A new report from the Government Accountability Office calls for the Pentagon’s Chief Technology Officer to have budget certification authority over the military services’ research and development accounts—a move the services say would add a burdensome and unnecessary layer of bureaucracy.
