“The leaders of the Senate committee who will hold the confirmation hearing for Robert Wilkie to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs said they didn’t expect the nominee’s status as acting head of department to be a problem…”
“Two advocacy groups are already suing the Trump Administration over the pick of Wilkie as acting VA secretary, because the traditional order of succession was bypassed. They argue that the agency’s deputy secretary should be in the acting post.”
“EHR oversight
Separately, the House passed a bill to put some oversight guardrails around VA’s electronic health record modernization…” Read the full article here.
Source: Vacancies Act rules won’t hold up Wilkie nomination – By Adam Mazmanian, May 22, 2018. FCW.
