Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Disabled Veterans National Foundation Supports Legislation to Allow Veterans with Certain Military Training to Bypass Job Training or Certification Requirements


WASHINGTON, Apr 10, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Disabled Veterans National Foundation is endorsing the Veterans Skills To Jobs Act, which streamlines the bureaucratic processes for Veterans with relevant training so they can get jobs more quickly when returning home from serving in the armed forces. 

The law, HR 4155, directs the heads of federal departments and agencies to treat relevant military training as sufficient to satisfy training/certification requirements for federal license, to get Veterans back to work quickly. Congressman Jeff Denham of California, who served for 16 years in the U.S. Air Force and fought in Operation Desert Storm in Iraq and Operation Restore Hope in Somalia, introduced the bill March 8. Read more here...

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