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The House Committee on Veterans Affairs

Assessing barriers to Technology Modernization Fund implementation

Good ideas from Northwest Indiana percolate upward and effect change in the federal government, Mark Lopez, Rep. Frank Mrvans chief of staff, told the Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce.

The Department of Veterans Affairs underestimated the cost by up to $2.5 billion. Lawmakers are not happy. Author: Mike Gooding Updated: 7:04 PM EDT July 21, 2021 WASHINGTON — Military veterans have to wait for an upgrade to the Department of Veterans Affairs electronic health records system. The agency underestimated the cost of the modernization effort by billions of dollars. "The electronic health records modernization program is too important to get wrong,"...

Presiding: Chair Frank Mrvan The Subcommittee on Technology Modernization will hold a hearing entitled "Moving Forward: Evaluating Next Steps for the Department of Veterans Affairs Electronic Health Record Modernization Program" This meeting will be livestreamed on Youtube and Facebook and you can find all hearing documents on the Committee Repository Here. Check back for live video of this hearing.

Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott Tuesday signed the state budget (H.439, An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government) for state fiscal year 2022, which begins July 1. “This is a truly transformational budget that will allow us to recover from the pandemic and address some longstanding challenges, including our workforce shortage and economic inequity that exists from county to county,” said Governor Scott. “With smart state investments and a very s...

President Joe Biden proposed a $6 trillion budget on Friday, aimed at expanding economic opportunity, improving education and creating a DARPA-like agency tasked with healthcare innovation, among other investments. The budget, which expands on congressional allocations authorized under COVID-19 relief bills, focuses on what Bidens administration calls "building back better," a slow pivot from the devastation wrought by the coronavirus pandemic.    The budgets health IT initiatives include br...

Photo: Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images There are a host of healthcare-related challenges facing the U.S., including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, mental and behavioral health challenges, the opioid addiction crisis and racial inequity in healthcare. Its with these challenges in mind that President Joe Bidens administration crafted a Fiscal Year 2022 budget that focuses investments in areas such as pandemic preparedness and expanding affordable healthcare. HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a st...

The White House officially released its 2022 federal budget proposal on Friday, and the Biden administration is seeking to spend billions on cybersecurity next

Protecting Your Company Against Revenue Clawbacks: Preference Actions (Part 3 of 3) - This is the final part of our three-part series on revenue clawbacks. The scenario:...