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Mark Takano
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The House Rules Committee on Tuesday advanced a revised version of the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (Honoring Our PACT) Act that the Senate passed month, but addresses technical drafting errors.
July 13, 2022 -
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The Department of Veterans Affairs, Congress and the vendors behind the VA's new Electronic Health Record are renewing their scrutiny of the EHR rollout.
June 23, 2022 -
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The bill, if passed, would cease all of the Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection’s ongoing investigations of whistleblower retaliation and the Office of Special Counsel would take on the workload.
June 16, 2022 -
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The Department of Veterans Affairs says it's had some major successes using automation to speed up its disability claims process. But if VA is moving into a world of automation, Congress wants to help guide it. Legislation the House passed last month would require the department to adhere to a list of principles in future automation projects.
June 14, 2022 -
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System outages and patient safety concerns associated with the Department of Veterans Affairs' new electronic health record have led to top members of the House VA Committee calling for the agency to stop future rollouts.
April 27, 2022 -
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In today's Federal Newscast, most federal supply and service contractors and subcontractors have less than two months to certify that they are meeting their requirement to develop and maintain annual affirmative action programs.
February 03, 2022 -
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Government attorneys appealed a Texas judge's finding that the Navy's strict religious accommodation process violates the religious freedoms of 35 sailors who refused the vaccine.
January 24, 2022 -
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Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support failed to meet more than 40% of the needs staff at the Department of Veterans Affairs' first implementation site had identified, the VA inspector general told Congress last week.
November 23, 2021 -
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About 83% of employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs' initial go-live site in Spokane, Washington, say their morale has worsened due to the electronic health record implementation over the last year. VA is eyeing February as its target for deploying the EHR to its second site.
November 02, 2021 -
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House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committee leadership want more information from VA leadership about its strategy to modernize its supply chain management system.
October 05, 2021 -
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The Department of Veterans Affairs also envisions additional funding for its electronic health record modernization program, accountability office and diversity and inclusion initiatives, according to its 2022 budget request.
June 08, 2021 -
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The House is considering new legislation in effort to reform VA's beleaguered Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection, while the Senate is hopeful new political leadership might "right the ship."
May 19, 2021 -
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Employees worry recent initiatives designed to raise the profile of diversity and inclusion within the Department of Veterans Affairs won't trickle down to local facilities and mid-management.
May 06, 2021 -
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In today's Federal Newscast, over 50 House members are urging the Department of Veterans Affairs to create a centralized spot within the agency to report sexual harassment.
April 08, 2021
