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Lawmakers say VA contracting rule squeezing out vet-owned firms
The rule, aimed at preventing fraud in the VA service-disabled veteran-owned small business program, requires that veterans control 100 percent of company decisions, even if they maintain just partial ownership. VA is taking suggestions for changing its rules.
Tags: Vetearns Affairs , Service disabled veteran-owned small business , Congress , House Committee on Veterans Affairs , acquisition , Thomas Leney , Joe Donnelly , Bill Johnson , oversight , Esther Carey , Ruben Gomez
Inch-by-inch to DoD-VA health record interoperability
A House subcommittee gets a progress report on the effort to reach "electronic health information interoperability" as an important legally-mandated deadline looms.
Tags: Max Cacas , technology , P&B , House Veterans Affairs Committee , Veterans Health Records , Greg Timberlake , GAO , Valerie Melvin , Harry Mitchell , Zack Space
VA's e-contract database underused
The Inspector General's office at VA found 83 per cent of contracts weren't being entered, and that made oversight and accountability nearly impossible.
Tags: VA , Electronic Contract Management System , technology , IG , House Veterans Affairs Oversight and Investigation , In Depth
