VA Testimony before the House Committee on Government Reform

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2007 (110th Congress, First Session)

May 24, 2007

Antoinette Zeiss, Ph.D., Deputy Chief Consultant, Office of Mental Health Services, before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, to discuss the ongoing steps that the Department of Veterans Affairs is taking in order to meet the mental health care needs of our Nation's veterans.

2006 (109th Congress, Second Session)

July 25, 2006

Barbara Panther, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Resources Management, before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency Organization, concerning the employment of retirees and waivers of dual compensation.

June 8, 2006

The Honorable R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Committee on Government Reform, to present an overview of VA privacy and security policies and procedures, along with the Department's views on the adequacy of current legislation, regulations and policies governing privacy, information security and data breach notification.

2005 (109th Congress, First Session)

November 15, 2005

Susan Mather, MD, Under Secretary for Benefits, before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations, to discuss implementation of Public Law 105-277, the "Persian Gulf War Veterans Act" of 1998; to review the Department's statutory obligations under section 101 of Public Law 105-368, the "Veterans Programs Enhancement Act of 1998"; and to provide a status of the studies and reports on Gulf War Health conducted by the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine.

September 29, 2005

Robert Kolodner, MD, Chief Health Informatics Officer, before the House Committee on Government Reform, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs' work in the field of health information technology.

September 21, 2005

Tim McClain, General Counsel and Chief Management Officer, before a House Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Management, Finance, and Accountability Hearing, concerning the requirements and accounting standards for managerial cost accounting.

July 19, 2005

Susan Mather, Chief Public Health and Environmental Hazards Officer, before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations, regarding some of the major initiatives of the Department of Veterans Affairs in response to the health care and other needs of veterans returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom .

April 21, 2005

Robert McFarland, Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, before the House Committee on Government Reform, regarding the Department's information technology program.

2004 (108th Congress, Second Session)

December 14, 2004

Lawrence Deyton, MD, MSPH, Chief Consultant, Public Health Strategic Health Care Group, Veterans Health Administration, before the House Committee on Government Reform, regarding medical programs for veterans with hepatitis C.

June 1, 2004

Johnathan Perlin, MD, Acting Under Secretary for Health, before the House Committee on Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs' research program on Gulf War veterans' illnesses.

2003 (108th Congress, First Session)

October 3, 2003

William H. Campbell, Assistant Secretary for Management, before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization, regarding human capital succession planning.

June 17, 2003

William H. Campbell, Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief Financial Officer, before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial Management, regarding VA's implementation of the strategies for debt collection found in the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996.

June 5, 2003

Mark Catlett, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management, before the House Government Reform Committee, regarding new legislation for federal agencies to enter into public-private partnership arrangements and federal real property management.

May 13, 2003

Stephen A. Meskin, Ph.D., Chief Actuary, Department of Veterans Affairs, before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations, and the Census, regarding the Department's support for the Census Bureau's American Community Survey program.

March 25, 2003

Robert H. Roswell, MD, Under Secretary for Health before the Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations regarding "Protecting the Health of Deployed Forces: Lessons Learned from the Persian Gulf War".

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