{"id":39203,"date":"2018-04-18T18:18:47","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T18:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/18\/senator-wants-to-cut-down-on-veterans-web-site-confusion\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:32:16","slug":"senator-wants-to-cut-down-on-veterans-web-site-confusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/veterans\/2018\/04\/18\/senator-wants-to-cut-down-on-veterans-web-site-confusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator wants to cut down on veterans website confusion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Sen. Claire McCaskill wants to know whether <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vets.gov\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">vets.gov<\/a>, a federal website designed to give information about their benefits, is being undermined by <a href=\"https:\/\/veterans.gov\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">veterans.gov<\/a>, a wholly separate federal website designed to give information about their benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She\u2019s hoping President Donald Trump\u2019s administration, which has repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2017\/04\/27\/trump-to-establish-new-va-accountability-office\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">pledged to cut back on government waste and redundancy<\/a>, can step in and simplify the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have no doubt the intention behind the decision to do this was good, but the practical effect is confusing and needs to be fixed,\u201d the Missouri Democrat said in a statement Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMen and women who\u2019ve served our country in uniform have earned the benefits laid out on these sites. It\u2019s unnecessary to make accessing them more complicated than it already is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/veterans\/2018\/04\/11\/vets-groups-and-lawmakers-say-theyre-against-it-but-what-does-privatization-of-veterans-affairs-really-mean\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_13102205629.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Vets groups and lawmakers say they\u2019re against it \u2014 but what does \u2018privatization\u2019 of Veterans Affairs really mean?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The term will command much of the debate at the new VA secretary&#039;s confirmation hearing, but different groups have different definitions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vets.gov, which is run by the Department of Veterans Affairs, was launched in 2015 in an effort to give veterans a single internet entry point for a host of benefits and department information. Visitors can apply for VA health services, education stipends and ID cards through the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veterans.gov, which is run by the Department of Labor, focuses on employment opportunities and business start-up benefits for veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"808\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18045616764104.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-78824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18045616764104.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18045616764104.jpg.jpg?resize=300,202 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18045616764104.jpg.jpg?resize=768,517 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18045616764104.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,689 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., right, asks a question of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, center, during his testimony before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill on Feb. 14, 2018,. (Susan Walsh\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a letter to the two department\u2019s acting leadership, McCaskill asked why the two separate sites don\u2019t coordinate and whether they share her concerns that the arrangement contributes to confusion among veterans. The sites are operated independently and do not feature links to each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Labor\u2019s oversight on a host of veterans programs has been a source of conflict in recent years, with questions of whether those offerings would be more efficiently handled within VA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McCaskill\u2019s website complaint is the latest round in that discussion. 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