GI Bill Process Can Be Improved, Nye Says
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
The Post-9/11 GI Bill was deployed in the fall to help veterans and their relatives retool for new careers.
Yet some waited months for their federal payments and sank deeper in debt. That’s got to change, U.S. Rep. Glenn Nye said Friday.
“The program should be ready to go when the serviceperson is ready to go to college,” Nye said at a forum at Old Dominion University about the GI Bill. “It’s important that we do an even better job in providing this service.”
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, which administers the program, must work harder to expedite payments and overcome other hurdles, such as outdated technology, Nye said. …more