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August 10, 2017 By AMK

Congress turning its attention to acquisition, training challenges at VA

Veterans affairs congressional committees have been busy this year, passing new accountability legislation and finalizing details to change the outdated veterans appeals process.

Now, lawmakers are beginning to turn their attention to some of the more nitty-gritty challenges facing the Veterans Affairs Department.

VA, however, doesn’t see the need for new legislative fixes, or at least, not these particular suggestions related to the department’s training and onboarding for acquisition professionals, as well as its procurement reporting standards.

But Congress, long frustrated by VA’s lengthy contracting processes and the scheduling and cost overruns it’s seen with major construction projects in the past, isn’t convinced the department can more effectively manage the procurement process and staff its offices properly without new legislation.

Keep reading this article at: https://federalnewsradio.com/veterans-affairs/2017/06/congress-turning-its-attention-to-acquisition-training-challenges-at-va/

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: acquisition reform, construction, FAR, performance based logistics, procurement reform, VA

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