Three-Hundred-Eighty-Six Strong! - As of the end of February, a total of 386 participants have completed/passed NVTI's Orientation to Veterans Services (e-learning) quiz. NVTI posted the quiz in December 2004. It is strongly suggested for new hires to complete the Orientation before attending the Labor & Employment Specialists course in Denver. Great job, all 386 of you! Link to Orientation here.

New Feature on NVTI's Webpage - In an ongoing effort to provide you with networking opportunities, NVTI has begun a new service on our discussion board called "NVTI Wants to Know...." We put a question out to you on the board and then you respond to it. It's deceptively quick and easy yet provides you with an excellent opportunity to learn what your veterans' service professional peers are doing around the country. Go to the NVTI's Discussion Board to check it out. And email us here if you have an issue you'd like feedback on or post the question on the board.

USERRA Poster - Print out a poster from VETS which outlines service member's reemployment rights. Go to www.dol.gov/vets. Print it for your office and direct your employer contacts to it. It's the law! See related article - USERRA Review - in this newsletter.

Disabled Veterans Take to the Slopes at Winter Sports Clinic - More than 350 disabled veterans will ski the Rocky Mountains at the 19th National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic in Snowmass Village at Aspen, Colorado, April 3-8, 2005. The clinic is an annual rehabilitation program open to all U.S. military veterans with spinal cord injuries or disease, visual impairments, certain neurological conditions, orthopedic amputations or other disabilities, who receive care at any Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care facility. Click here for more information: www1.va.gov/opa/pressrel/PressArtInternet.cfm?id=936

New Veterans Service Coordinator in Puerto Rico -NVTI grad Angel Canals Martinez has been named Puerto Rico's new veterans service coordinator. We're sure he'll do a great job. Congratulations, Angel!

Keep us Up-to-Date too! Every so often we'll hear from an unhappy DVOP/LVER Locator (The Networker) user who tells us how outdated our resource is. We apologize! But it really helps us if when you have an address, phone or email change, you let us know too. And please let us know when we need to remove a name from our list. We're partners in this and want to make it as current as possible!  Thanks a bunch. Update here.

Keep Checking The Buzz - Don't forget to check The Buzz feature on NVTI's homepage. It's a great place to learn about new resources, legislation and other news worthy items we want you to know about.

And what's YOUR good news? Tell us about it at vetsnet@nvti.cudenver.edu.