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Wednesday, April 29, 2015
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***MEDIA ADVISORY***
Isakson to Hold Hearing on VA’s Inclusion in ‘High Risk’ Report by Nonpartisan Government Accountability Office
“GAO’s High Risk List and the Veterans Health Administration”
WASHINGTON –
The Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, chaired by U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., will hold an oversight hearing
today, Wednesday, April 29, 2015,
to examine the placement of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA)
Health Administration on the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s
(U.S. GAO)
2015 “High Risk List.”
At
the beginning of every Congress, the independent, nonpartisan U.S. GAO
produces a list of what it deems ‘high risk’ federal agencies and
programs, bringing special attention to agencies or programs
that may be susceptible to fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement. This
is the first time that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has been
included on the list since the U.S. GAO started the list in 1990.
WHO: Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
WHERE: 418 Russell Senate Office Building
WHEN: 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
NOTE: Witness list and testimony are attached.
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The Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs is chaired by U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., in the 114th Congress.
Isakson
is a veteran himself – having served in the Georgia Air National Guard
from 1966-1972 – and has been a member of the Senate VA Committee since
he joined the Senate in 2005. Isakson’s home
state of Georgia is home to more than a dozen military installations
representing each branch of the military as well as more than 750,000
veterans.
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