House VA Committee advances multiple bills focused on agency modernization
The committee advanced 25 bills Wednesday, including at least three seeking to modernize the IT systems used by the VA.
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House Veterans Affairs Committee
House lawmakers scrutinize VA officials for issues with community care claims data repository
VA modernization subcommittee members voiced concerns about the agency’s ability to address a backlog of claims, potential late bills and budgetary issues.
VA hires unnamed senior executive to clean up website benefits issues
During a House Veterans' Affairs subcommittee hearing on VA.gov, VA CIO Kurt DelBene couldn’t name the newly hired executive charged with fixing website issues when asked to.
VA still has ‘significant concerns’ as Oracle works to get EHR modernization back on track
Oracle Cerner did not send a representative to the hearing despite being invited to.
VA failed to properly process 56,000 dependent claims due to major website issues stemming back to 2011
The issue was caused by VA.gov processing errors, according to an internal investigation.
VA watchdog identifies missing approval records for $661.4M in IT contracts
Missing records were identified through an audit of IT contracts signed between fiscal year 2018 and fiscal year 2021.
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