"Defense to resume education grant payments" by Associated Press | March 12, 2010
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Facing a phalanx of angry military spouses, the Defense Department said yesterday that it will resume payments for college courses and job training for spouses who had already applied for grants when the popular program was abruptly halted last month.
F***ing cheap bastards just write checks for cost overruns and over-billing, but...
I'd rather my defense dollar go to Mom.
The official in charge of the year-old program that pays up to $6,000 for career advancement also apologized for suspending the grants without first notifying the thousands of military spouses enrolled.
From the government that cares?
He said grants were halted Feb. 16 because an unexpected spike in enrollment busted the program’s $174 million budget. More than 136,000 spouses who were already enrolled or had applied for grants before the shutdown will be able to resume signing up for classes tomorrow, said Tommy T. Thomas, deputy undersecretary for defense, who oversees the grants.
The program, called Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts, or MyCAA, started in March 2009.--more--"
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