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Veterans office to operate as 'Johnson County Veterans Services'; attorney advises 'doing business as' approach
Summary
County staff proposed that the Johnson County Veterans Affairs office begin using the public name Johnson County Veterans Services to reduce public confusion with the federal VA health center; the county attorney advised that the commission must retain its statutory name while the office may use a different public-facing name.
Mandy, a representative of the Johnson County Veterans Affairs Office, asked the Board of Supervisors on Feb. 12 to approve the office’s use of the public name "Johnson County Veterans Services" for customer-facing communications to reduce confusion with the Iowa City Veterans Health Care Center and to emphasize local services.
Mandy said many veterans call the county office expecting medical-scheduling help and that the new public name would better describe the local, county‑level services. She clarified that the request concerns the county office’s public name, not the Veterans Affairs…
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