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Letter from Phillip J. Perry, General Counsel of the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget to Chief Judge Kenneth Kramer, advising the Court that the General Counsel respectfully disagreed with the Court's view that it…

Letter from Chief Judge designee Nebeker to attorney Joseph C. Zengerle of the law firm of Bingham, Dana & Gould. This letter reports that Chief Judge designee Nebeker was working with Congressional committee staff to provide for Judicial retirement…

Letter from Chief Judge Nebeker to R.J. Vogel, Under Secretary for Benefits at the Department of Veterans Affairs declining a request for an interview in connection with a reorganization within the Veterans Benefits Administration. Chief Judge…

Letter from Chief Judge designee Nebeker to Chase Untermeyer, Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Personnel at The White House, suggesting that a component of six associate judges was required for the Court to operate and…

Letter from Chief Judge Nebeker to The Honorable Bob Traxler, United States House of Representatives, Chairman of the VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee on Appropriations requesting that the Court's Fiscal Year 1990 appropriation be…

Letter from Chief Judge Nebeker to Edward P. Scott, Esquire, Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs regarding necessary technical amendments to the Veterans' Judicial Review Act.

Letter from Chief Judge Nebeker to Lewis Pearson, Assistant Regional Administrator, Real Property Management and Operations, General Services Administration, National Capital Region, regarding the need to engage the services of the United States…

Letter from Chief Judge Nebeker in response to a notice of an Office of Management and Budget/National Performance Review. Chief Judge Nebeker explained that the Court is not an agency subject to the Government Performance and Review Act of 1993 and…

Letter from Chief Judge designee Nebeker to the Honorable C. V. (Sonny) Montgomery, Chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee in the United States House of Representatives requesting to meet prior to his confirmation hearing.

Letter from Chief Judge Nebeker to Dr. Henry Kelly, Acting Associate Director of Technology, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President regarding a request for submission related to implementing an Executive Order. …

Letter from Chief Judge Nebeker to Toni Hustead, Chief of the Veterans Affairs Branch, Directorate of Health and Personnel, Office of Management and Budget, responding to a March 24, 1997, letter concerning reporting requirements under the Government…

Letter from Chief Judge designate Nebeker to John J. Franke, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Administration at the Department of Agriculture, requesting financial management services similar to those that had been provided to the Department of…

Letter from Chief Judge designee Nebeker to Senator Alan Cranston, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs commenting on the proposed "Court of Veterans Appeals Retirement Act" and reiterating previously raised concerns regarding parity…

Letter from Chief Judge Nebeker to Senator Alan Cranston urging a technical change to the bill that created the Court to provide pay parity between the Chief Judge and the Associate Judges, rather than paying a higher salary to the Chief Judge.

Chief Judge Nebeker's written responses to questions from Senator Arlen Spector in connection with hearings before the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs.

Memo from Chief Judge Nebeker to the Associated Judges on the Court regarding a request from the Veterans Benefits Administration for an interview, which the Chief Judge declined.

Updates about the state of veterans law at the beginning of 1993. Topics include the start of the legal services pro bono program, the Court, the Board, and claims specific to presumptive service connection to Agent Orange.

Article discussing Jonathan Steinberg as a possible nominee to the Veterans Court.

Article detailing the process behind possible nominations for the Veterans Court.

Magazine article on the early years of the Court and Chief Judge Nebeker's actions to set the Court up. It includes profiles of other important figures in these early years and the Court's relationship with the VA.

Article detailing the lack of lawyers working in veterans law during the early years of the court. This covers the need for more pro bono cases and less pro se.

Article detailing the Court's first panel oral argument outside of DC. This was held in Phoenix, Arizona at the Arizona State Court Building.

Article on the early construction of the court, written as Q&A with Chief Judge Nebeker. It also includes the beginning of an article titled VA Claims: From Application to Benefits by Bonnie Marinelli on the claims process.

Letter from Chief Judge Kenneth B. Kramer to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget explaining that the Court is an independent judicial body that was not subject to an Executive Order issued by the President.

Letter from Chief Judge Kramer to the Honorable Sally Katzen, Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget responding to a Memorandum referencing an Executive Order. Chief Judge Kramer advised that the Court was not an Executive…