About Palm Springs Chapter of MOAA
The mission of PSC-MOAA is to support directly and through our military community. This includes active, retired, former commissioned and warrant officers of all seven uniformed services including the National Guard and Reserve components and their surviving spouses; support the membership in any way possible to preserve and enhance their rights benefits and entitlements, and quality of life.
Latest News
U.S. Navy Officers Honored for Health Information Technology Excellence
By: Janet A. Aker, MHS Communications
JUNE 15, 2024
U.S. Navy Capt. Donna Poulin (fifth from left), the former chief of engineering solutions, Engineering Solutions Architecture, Business Analytics Division, met with military health IT leaders in San Antonio, Texas, in April 2024. Second from left is U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. “Gean” Boca. Boca is the winner of the 2023 Senior Information Technology Officer of the Year award from the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer Awards in the Program Executive Office Medical Systems/CIO. (Photo: courtesy of the U.S. Navy)
U.S. Navy officers are recent recipients of two prestigious awards for their health information technology leadership, including their work to optimize the electronic health records system for the Department of Defense. The EHR, called MHS GENESIS, recently completed its global deploymentopens Health.mil News article across the DOD.
COLA Watch
Welcome to MOAA’s COLA Watch page, where you’ll find a monthly update on the inflation figures used to set the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for payments received by military retirees, disabled veterans, Social Security beneficiaries, and many others receiving federal compensation.
The Latest
The May 2024 Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), released June 12, was 308.163, 2.3% above the FY 2024 baseline of 301.236. June 2024 figures will be announced July 11.
Comprehensive Veterans’ Package Stalls in House
By: René Campos
MAY 28, 2024
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MOAA and other veterans’ organizations have called on House and Senate leaders to move a comprehensive, bipartisan bill designed to help veterans and caregivers across generations through both chambers before members leave for the July 4 holiday.
