Debra Simpson, the program analysis master planning branch chief for Defense Logistics Agency Energy, is leading the effort to implement a tablet- and desktop-based remote interpretive service for deaf employees. Story
A Defense Department program designed to help disabled service members, wounded warriors and federal employees through free assistive technology and appropriate accommodations recently assisted their 150,000th customer. Story
Outstanding achievements in the hiring, retention and advancement of people with disabilities were honored at the Defense Department's 34th annual Disability Awards ceremony at the Pentagon. Story
Walk through the Pentagon and you're bound to come across highly skilled military or civilian employees with disabilities -- including the Defense Department's director of disability programs, who is legally blind. Story
Defense Department officials hosted a July 28 awards ceremony for participants in the Workforce Recruitment Program for College Students and Recent Graduates with Disabilities. Story
A Tinker Airman is the Outstanding Department of Defense Service Member with a Disability Award winner for Air Combat Command. Story
Christopher Gitto, a technical information specialist with the Air Force Safety Center, was recently named the Air Force winner of the Department of Defense Outstanding Employee with a Disability Award. Story
The Department of Veterans Affairs has reduced the number of pending disability compensation claims by approximately 44 percent. Story
Social Security claims from veterans with a Veterans Affairs Department disability compensation rating of 100 percent permanent and total have a new process that will treat their applications as high priority and issue expedited decisions. Story
The Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program, or CAP, was established in 1990 to provide assistive technology and accommodations at no cost to make sure people with disabilities have equal access and opportunities at the Defense Department. Story
The Defense Department has made troops' health records electronically available to the Veterans Affairs Department to speed up the adjudication of disability claims. Story
A new Defense and Veterans Affairs initiative has produced technology to help VA expedite disability claims. Story
