House Veterans Affairs Committee
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Lawmakers want to re-examine the structure of the Veterans Health Administration after a report the Veterans Affairs Inspector General referred to as “serious” and “disturbing.”
May 23, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee releases the expanded Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act report card today, five agencies saw their grades go up, 11 saw them go down.
May 23, 2018 -
The House Veterans Affairs Committee passed the MISSION Act, which provides more support for existing Veterans Affairs Department programs while also enacting some new ones.
May 17, 2018 -
The Veterans Benefits Administration is reverting to previous performance management guidelines, which the American Federation of Government Employees says it too "chaotic."
May 10, 2018 -
Recent stumbles in Veterans Affairs Department IT acquisition have raised lawmakers' doubts about its ability to manage a multibillion-dollar health IT project.
May 09, 2018 -
The House Veterans Affairs Committee also signed off on a clear oversight process for VA's electronic health record modernization project, plus several other pieces of new legislation.
May 08, 2018 -
Before her retirement, Vivieca Wright Simpson had been with VA for 32 years. Peter O'Rourke, the director of VA's new Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection, will serve as VA's permanent chief of staff going forward.
February 16, 2018 -
The Veterans Affairs Department has about a year to get its appeals process off the ground. Congress and GAO are concerned VA doesn't have the tools ready to meet that deadline.
February 02, 2018 -
Construction of a new Veterans Affairs hospital in Aurora, Colorado, is 98 percent complete. But lawmakers are still frustrated that VA will have to keep the existing medical center open for another three-to-five years.
January 18, 2018 -
The House has included an additional $2.1 billion for the Veterans Choice Program in a continuing resolution, which would extend funding for civilian agencies through Jan. 19, 2018.
December 19, 2017 -
The Veterans Affairs Department is expected to run out of funding in the VA Choice Program by the end of 2017. VA Secretary David Shulkin called on lawmakers to find some solution by year-end, even if it's a temporary one.
December 06, 2017 -
The Senate stays silent on a pay raise for federal employees in its 2018 appropriations bill, meaning civilian workers are closer to a 1.9 percent boost next year.
November 21, 2017 -
Details on funding for the new program are still largely unclear. VA, however, believes administrative changes to the current Veterans Choice Program will save billions of dollars over 10 years.
October 24, 2017 -
House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) said the legislation he recently introduced that sets up a BRAC-style commission to review medical facilities at the Veterans Affairs Department marks the beginning of a long conversation on the topic.
October 13, 2017 -
As Congress will soon resume debates over the future of the Veterans Choice Program, the American Federation of Government Employees is urging lawmakers to consider consequences of privatization.
October 06, 2017