“The Veterans Affairs Department has about a year left to get its new, faster appeals process off the ground and ready for prime time.”
“Since Congress passed and the president signed the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act into law last summer, VA is piloting and has seen some success with the Rapid Appeals Modernization Plan (RAMP).”
“But members of the House Veterans Affairs Committee … say they fear VA’s latest modernization project will go the way of many of the department’s previous failed efforts.”
“…Most notably, the department doesn’t have a clear schedule for implementing the IT systems it needs to support the new appeals process…” Read the full article here.
Source: Overseers fear VA’s new appeals modernization will go the way of past failed projects – By Nicole Ogrysko, February 2, 2018. Federal News Radio.
