"Serving
the information needs of a country and its veterans. "
"A popular Government without popular
information or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue
to a Farce or
a Tragedy or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern
ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own Governors,
must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives."
-James
Madison
In the spirit of President Madison, Department
of Veterans Affairs welcome you to the DVA Freedom of
Information Act Home Page. The 1996 amendments to the Freedom
of Information
Act (FOIA) mandates that each Federal agency implement
a publicly-accessible Electronic
Reading Room of the agency
FOIA response material and other material routinely available
to the public, with associated electronic "search" and
indexing capabilities. VA's Electronic
Reading Room uses
a library metaphor to welcome our customers to the DVA
Web site. However, to serve those with bandwidth limitations
or special needs, we offer an alternate presentation
in standard text with minimal graphics and effects. We
hope
you enjoy your visit here.
Please
send your technical and accessibility comments on this page to
the OI&T Webmaster.
Please read the VA Privacy Policy on Information Collected from E-mails
and Web Forms.