“After taking a beating in Congress and the media over failed efforts to roll out updates to its GI Bill payment systems, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced plans for a reset on the project, including a rebid of software and integration contracts.”
“At issue are changes to calculations for housing allowance payments required under the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017, known as the Forever GI Bill. The new variables, having to do with the location of schools and veterans and how those figure in to housing allowances, combined with VA’s web of antiquated systems, proved to be a recipe for disaster…”
“Now that VA has pledged to conduct a new procurement to find a contractor to design software for benefits delivery and integrate it with existing systems…” Read the full article here.
Source: VA to rebid failing GI Bill benefits contract – By Adam Mazmanian, November 29, 2018. FCW.
