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Hold off on new GI Bill changes, VA cautions

Army Times

March 1, 2010

In the face of a growing pile of ideas for changing the Post-9/11 GI Bill, Keith Wilson, the head of Veterans Affairs Department's education service is asking Congress hold off on any significant revisions to the education benefit until next year. Making changes before December could interfere with efforts to develop and deploy an automated system for calculating and paying benefits, he said.

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