“… The department’s inspector general recently found VA was doomed from the start when it set out to implement the new GI bill, which Congress passed into law back in 2017. VA had estimated it would need either an additional $70 million or 1,000 more employees to make the updates needed to comply with the new GI bill by the initial deadline, according to the IG’s report.”
“But VA didn’t make those upgrades on time, and it announced back in November it would delay distributing education benefits under the new law until the end of 2019.”
“The department didn’t exude confidence Tuesday when it discussed the IT upgrades associated with two other major initiatives, and at least a few members on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee expressed some concern with the progress…”
Source: Congress is piling on new initiatives for VA, but IT updates are struggling to keep pace – By Nicole Ogrysko, March 27, 2019. Federal News Network.
