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Well to insure the veterans needs are met, that that nonva provider is respectfully working with a veteran, her or his family, to get into care. Thank you. The gao also reports that there is a consistent problem across vha with policy and procedures for handling noshows and cancelled appointments. Im aware that va, that you are working on an update to this scheduling policy. When do you anticipate this revision, revised po ills to be released and well address the noshow consistently throughout the va system and cancelled appointment sngs. I expect it will, sir. We had a Team Last Week reviewin...

Mass society requires the expenditure of money from the humblest hand bill to leaflets to political ads run during prime time on tv, radio and other mass media to putting up billboards, putting up yard signs or in the modern internet age putting up a website all of that costs money. And, you know, the days when you could stand on a soap box in the Boston Common and speak politically to get people to accept your ideas or to vote for you as a candidate are long gone and, frankly, even then you want to be effective, it costs money and, again, those who say, well, the framers never imagined that t...

Us do our oversight hearing as well. I yield back the balance of my time. Thank you very much for your comments this evening. I would ask that all members would waive their Opening Statements is customary in the committee. I would invite the witnesses to please come to the witness table and as you are coming forward, i will introduce you. We will hear from dr. Debra draper, Record Health care for the Government Accountability office. Koski, richard griffin, acting Inspector General of the department of Veterans Affairs, mr. Griffin is accompanied by ms. Linda halliday, assistant inspector for ...

They their people sitting back behind you. I think your sincerity in the work you have done, certainly i am not going to question it. I am reading, this is from dr. Heaney and armstrong. They quoted Peter Drucker and said the greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence but to act with yesterdays logic. The question was, where is the big idea. My question is, where is the big idea . If youre right to come and ask for technology money, that is a cursory thing they found. When they pull the testimony of the people on the questions, you are going to be embarrassed and my guess is ...

Line, you find our staff are so engaged. I think their passion is unequaled. What percentage of the staff of veterans that work at the v. A. . Over 1 3 of our staff are veterans themselves. Its a matter of making sure sure however that we have integrity in the system so that we can identify where access is not working. Its not okay anymore with all due respect to say its great care when you can get it. It must be that it is great care and you can get it. Timely. Timely. Thats the key. Mr. Griffin, any comments about one of the problems it seems is that a lot of the equipment, the technology th...