Shortages . In. If i heard i think there are many questions embedded in there. Lets take one at a time. We put in place a policy to allow safe, nutritious formula to come into the country to make sure parents could find product on store shelves during the period of the national shortage. We had certain labelling requirements and they are primarily for things like safety. For example, a baby that has a cows milk aller by the were leaving this here you can watch it in its entirety if you go to our website. Live now to capitol hill where Veterans Affairs Department Officials will testify in their efforts to upgrade technology and improve Financial Management at the v. A. Live coverage here on c span. Good afternoon, the subcommittee will come to order. Were here today to review the vas progress in the transformational Business Program or fmbt. Its the vas third attempt to modernize the aging inadd watt financial and accounting systems. Material witnesses and deficiencies for decades. At t
At the v. A. Live coverage here on c span. Good afternoon, the subcommittee will come to order. Were here today to review the vas progress in the transformational Business Program or fmbt. Its the vas third attempt to modernize the aging inadd watt financial and Accounting Systems. Material witnesses and deficiencies for decades. At the same time, the departments continues to be much similar to the wild west. Its been nearly ten years since the former va senior procurement executive blew the whistle for billions of dollars of unauthorized commitments. And nothing is fundamentally changing. With so many purchased cards and so many different facilities and no central tracking, the department is practically helpless to enforce its policies, much less root out waste and fraud. Basic function stretched the capabilities of the system, like maintaining records when the va transferred the cares and arp funds. When the committee asked basic questions about how the funding was handled during las
At the v. A. Live coverage here on c span. Good afternoon, the subcommittee will come to order. Were here today to review the vas progress in the transformational Business Program or fmbt. Its the vas third attempt to modernize the aging inadd watt financial and Accounting Systems. Material witnesses and deficiencies for decades. At the same time, the departments continues to be much similar to the wild west. Its been nearly ten years since the former va senior procurement executive blew the whistle for billions of dollars of unauthorized commitments. And nothing is fundamentally changing. With so many purchased cards and so many different facilities and no central tracking, the department is practically helpless to enforce its policies, much less root out waste and fraud. Basic function stretched the capabilities of the system, like maintaining records when the va transferred the cares and arp funds. When the committee asked basic questions about how the funding was handled during las
To get out of the government any records government held as long as they were not damaging to National Security or law enforcement. Or personal privacy. Reluctant because everyone has federal agencies thought this was a nightmare. People can rummage through the files. We can do that. Moyers help the newspaper editors to marshal their argument about how we are in favor of open government. One of the fascinating things we found was that bill moyer had written a nice statement for president on the johnson where this legislation springs from our most essential principles that democracy works best when the people know what the government is doing. They must have access to the policy rules. Government officials should not have curtains of secrecy. We now know from lbjs own schedule that on the telephone, johnson called moyer and said cut that out. O xer have to has t through this declaration of freedom of information and then says this spring from one of our most essential principles, democr
His proposal for reforming the federal budget process. The Veterans Affairs undersecretary for health testified at a house hearing today about his departments efforts to improve veterans access to health care and reduce wait times. Congressman jeff miller chairs the committee. Thiss just over two hours. Hearing will come to order. Would you like to welcome everyone to todays hearing entitled, a continued assessment of delays in veterans access to health care. This hearing marks two years since this committee exposed the wait time scandal that has gripped the Department Since 2014. Im proud of the work that we have done in those two years, particularly digging into the actions of bureaucrats who whose selfinterest were put ahead with the veterans they were charged with assisting. The purpose of this hearing is to examine the efforts that va has taken to improve access to care for veterans and to identify where serious issues still exist. Based on the bipartisan work of this committee, g