In The Independent Budget for Fiscal Year 2014 we recommended that Congress debate and consider authorizing advance appropriations for all VA accounts.
In my closing--opening statement, I mentioned change is hard and not everyone will be comfortable with the changes, I know, in the draft leg...
The discussion draft bill to be proposed by Representative Michaud, entitled the 'Department of Veterans Affairs Budget Planning Reform Act ...
Throughout the first term, the Department's actions have been inconsistent with the President's agenda.
None of us up here are going to take our foot off the gas when it comes to ensuring progress is made on the backlog.
Let me be clear. Both the VA and the DoD have a responsibility to end the backlog by 2015.
And I don't only say that without two secretaries--also the President of the United States who made it very clear in this first term he want...
The Department's resistance to the President's open standard agenda appears to be founded largely on an incorrect assumption.
I am told that strategies have been modified and collaborative efforts are ongoing for both records transfer and IEHR.
If we really want to get these systems integrated, if we really want to get the backlog cleaned up, then we need to start passing appropriat...
We thank Chairman Jeff Miller and Ranking Member Mike Michaud for the opportunity to present a statement for the record.