VA Testimony before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs

2008 (110th Congress, Second Session)

• Keith Pedigo, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Program Management, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs' strategy for implementation of the Post-9/11 GI Bill (chapter 33 of title 38, United States Code).
  
  

• Gerald Cross, MD, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health, before a House Veterans' Affairs Health Subcommittee hearing, to to present the Administration's views on two bills, H.R. 3051, the "Heroes at Home Act of 2007," and H.R. 6153, the "Veterans' Medical Personnel Recruitment and Retention Act of 2008."
  
  

• William Fillman, Director, Central Area, Veterans Benefits Administration, before a House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity field hearing in Rapid City, South Dakota, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs Transition Assistance Program and other outreach efforts to support separating servicemembers and their families during their transition from military to civilian life.
  
  

• Ruth Fanning, Director, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before a House Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing to discuss the independent living services provided by VA's Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment program.
  
  

• Marianne Mathewson-Chapman, National Guard and Reserve Coordinator, Veterans Health Administration, before a House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing to discuss the cooperation between the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Defense, the National Guard, and the Reserves.
  
  

• Patrick Dunne, Acting Undersecretary for Benefits and Assistant Secretary for Policy and Planning, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee update the Committee on the Department of Veterans Affairs' progress in implementing the wounded warrior provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2008.
  
  

• Diana Rubens, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Field Operatsions Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, to provide information on the Veterans Benefits Administration outreach initiatives designed to address the needs of the brave men and women who are actively serving our country today and those of our distinguished veterans.
  
  
• Joleen Clark, Chief Officer, Workforce Management and Consulting, Department of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, to discuss "Human Resources Challenges" within the Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Health Administration.
  
  

• The Honorable James B. Peake, M.D., Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to provide information on the issues related to veterans suicide.
  
  

• Brian Stiller, Center Director Togus VA Medical Center, before a House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health hearing, to discuss the care and services which the Department of Veterans Affairs provide to veterans in Maine.
  
  

• Keith Pedigo, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Program Management, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss a number of bills that would affect several benefit programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

• Pete Dougherty, Director, Homeless Veterans Programs, before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to discuss Department of Veterans Affairs' programs and services that help homeless veterans achieve self-sufficiency.
  
  

• Gregory Goodrich, Ph.D., Supervisory Research Psychologist and Coordinator, Optometry Research Fellowship Program, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, before a House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs' research on vision issues and traumatic brain injury.
  
  
• James Orcutt, MD, Chief of Ophthalmology, Patient Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, before a House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs' provision of care for veterans needing support for visual impairment and traumatic brain injury.
  
  

• Mahdulika Agarwal, M.D., Chief Officer, Patient Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, before a House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs' care for seriously wounded veterans after they complete their inpatient care.
  
  

• Antoinette Zeiss, Ph.D., Associate Chief Consultant, Office of Mental Health Services, before a House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health Hearing, to discuss the ongoing steps that the Department of Veterans Affairs is taking to treat substance abuse and co-morbid disorders.
  
  

• Kristin Day, Chief Consultant, Care Management and Social Work Service, Office of Patient Care Services, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss mental health treatment for families and the Department of Veterans Affairs' efforts to support those who support our veterans.
  
  

• Donald Orndoff, Director, Office of Construction and Facilities Management, before a House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health hearing, to discuss the Department of Veteran Affairs' draft bill to request authorization for six major medical construction projects and twelve major medical facility leases, as well as addressing other issues related to the Department's construction program.
  
  

• Bradley Mayes, Director, Compensation and Pension Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, to discuss revising the Department of Veterans Affairs schedule for rating disabilities.
  
  

• Michael Walcoff, Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, to discuss the Veterans Benefits Administration's (VBA) claims inventory and claims processing system.
  
  

• Keith Pedigo, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Program Management, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss expiring Department of Veterans Affairs programs.
  
  
• Robert Howard, Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the President's Fiscal Year 2009 Information Technology budget proposal for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

• The Honorable James B. Peake, M.D., Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to present the President's 2009 budget proposal for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

• Gerald Cross, MD, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health, before a House Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing, to discuss the reports from Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of the Inspector General and the Office of the Medical Inspector regarding surgical care provided at the Marion, Illinois VA Medical Center.
  
  
• Kim Graves, Director, Office of Business Process Integration, Veterans Benefits Administration, before a House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs hearing, to dicuss the use of information technology to enhance claims processing within the Veterans Benefits Administration.
  
  
• Stephen Warren, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, before a House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs hearing, to dicuss the use of information technology to enhance claims processing, within the Department of Veterans Affairs , as well as utilizing data from the Veterans Health Information Technology and Architecture (VistA), to assist in the processing of disability claims.
  
  

• Keith Wilson, Director, Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss a number of bills that would, in the main, affect educational assistance programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  
• Gerald Cross, MD, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health, before a House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health hearing, to present the Administration's views on eight bills that would affect Department of Veterans Affairs programs that provide veteran health care benefits and services.
  
  

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2007 (110th Congress, First Session)

• Gerald Cross, MD, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health, before a House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health and Oversight and Investigations hearing, to discuss the issue of outpatient waiting times.
  
  
• Ira Katz, M.D., Deputy Chief Patient Care Services Officer for Mental Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration Mental Health program and suicide prevention.
  
  
• Kara Zivin, Ph.D., Research Health Scientist, Health Services Research and Development, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss suicide among veterans treated for depression in the the Department of Veterans Affairs Health System.
  
  

• Howard Green, Deputy, Operations Management, Veterans Health Information Technology, Office of Enterprise Development, before a House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing, to testify on the Sharing of Electronic Medical Information between the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  
• Gerald Cross, MD, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health, before a House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing, to report the progress made by the Department of Veterans Affairs to share electronic medical records with the Department of Defense.
  
  

• William Feeley, Deputy Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration recruitment and retention program for health care professionals.
  
  
• Keith Wilson, Director, Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss the current state of the Montgomery GI Bill and potential ways to improve upon its success and the success of the other educational assistance programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

• Ronald Aument, Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits, before a House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to discuss the Veterans Benefits Administration's response to the Institute for Defense Analyses' "Analysis of Differences in Disability Compensation in the Department of Veterans Affairs".
  
  

• Michael Walcoff, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Field Operations, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, to discuss the Veterans Benefits Administration's pending claims inventory and claims backlog.
  
  

• Joel Kupersmith, MD, Chief Research and Development Officer, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs medical and prosthetic research program.
  
  

• Pete Dougherty, Director, Homeless Veterans Programs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs' Grant and Per Diem program.
  
  

• Robert Howard, Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the realignment progress in the Office of Information & Technology.
  
  
• Paul Tibbits, M.D., Deputy Chief Information Officer for the Office of Enterprise Development, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the progress made in VA as a result of the centralization of IT development activities.
  
  

• William Feeley, Deputy Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to ongoing efforts to improve the quality of care that we provide to veterans suffering from traumatic brain injury and complex multiple trauma.
  
  
• Arnold Russo, Director, Appeals Management Center, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, to discuss the operations of the Department of Veterans Affairs Appeals Management Center.
  
  
• Elizabeth Freeman, Director, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Veterans Health Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center located at the Department of Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System.
  
  
• James Terry, Chairman, Board of Veterans' Appeals, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss with you the Board of Veterans' Appeals' role in the Department of Veterans Affairs' benefits claims adjudication system.
  
  

• Keith Wilson, Director, Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss Department of Veterans Affairs education benefits for licensing and certification testing.
  
  

• The Honorable R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, discuss the current state of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

• Willie Hensley, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Resources Management, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss veterans' preference and the Department of Veterans Affairs' success in recruiting, and hiring veterans.
  
  

• Scott Denniston, Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization and the Center for Veterans Enterprise, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss Contract Bundling Oversight.
  
  
• Lawrence Deyton, MD, Chief Public Health and Environmental Hazards Officer, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, to discuss VA's response to the health care and other needs of veterans who have served in combat in Southwest Asia.
  
  

• Ira Katz, M.D., Deputy Chief Patient Care Services Officer for Mental Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss multiple diagnoses and specifically about the principle that Post Traumatic Stress Disorder frequently coexists with other mental health conditions.
  
  
• Tracie Shea, Ph.D., Psychologist, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Clinic, Veterans Affairs Medical Center Providence, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to testify on issues related to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Personality Disorders.
  
  

• Robert Howard, Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss IT asset management within the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

• Betty Brown, Associate Director, Center for Women Veterans, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, and the Subcommittee on Health, to discuss services for women veterans.
  
  
• Lucretia McClenney, Director, Center for Minority Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, and the Subcommittee on Health, to discuss the mission of the Center for Minority Veterans.
  
  

• Rica Lewis-Payton, Deputy Director, Veterans Integrated Service Network 16, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to testify on rebuilding and recovery efforts in southeastern Louisiana and the Gulf Coast region, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
  
  

• Robert Henke, Assistant Secretary for Management, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to testify on the Department of Veterans Affairs' acquisition system.
  
  

• Michael Kussman, MD, Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to address the current policy and status of Priority Group 8 veterans.
  
  

• Gordon Mansfield, Deputy Secretary, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to discuss the performance award process for Senior Executives serving within the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

• Keith Pedigo, Director, Loan Guaranty Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs Specially Adaptive Housing programs.
  
  

• James Terry, Chairman, Board of Veterans' Appeals, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, to discuss the challenges facing the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
  
  

• Scott Denniston, Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization and the Center for Veterans Enterprise, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss the current state of the Federal Veterans' Entrepreneurship Program.
  
  

• Patricia Vandenberg, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Policy and Planning, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, to discuss the strategic direction and plan for the future of long term care in the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

• Gerald Cross, MD, Acting Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to discuss sharing electronic medical records between the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs and the significant progress the Department of Veterans Affairs has made toward the development of a secure, interoperable and bidirectional electronic health data sharing with the Defense Department.
  
  

• Keith Wilson, Director, Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to provide an overview of the accelerated payment benefit and the courses of study that qualify for accelerated payment.
  
  

• Jack McCoy, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Program Management, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, to discuss the important issue of survivors' benefits.
  
  

• Sidney Steinberg, MD, Chief of Staff of the W.G.Hefner Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salisbury, North Carolina, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to discuss the quality of health care provided to veterans at the Medical Center.
  
  
• Keith Wilson, Director, Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs education benefit programs and the role of State Approving Agencies.
  
  
• William Feeley, Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Operations and Management, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to discuss the many positive steps the Department of Veterans Affairs utilizes to monitor the healthcare of our veterans and returning warriors.
  
  

• Gerald Cross, MD, Acting Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, to discuss ongoing efforts in the Veterans Health Administration to provide safe, effective, efficient and compassionate health care to veterans residing in rural areas.
  
  
• Bradley Mayes, Director, Compensation and Pension Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to provide the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs on the "Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2007".
  
  

• Ronald Aument, Deputy Undersecretary for Benefits, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, to testify on H.R. 67, the "Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2007"; H.R. 1435, the "Department of Veterans Affairs Claims Backlog Reduction Act of 2007"; H.R. 1444 a bill which would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay an interim benefit in the amount of $500 per month if certain claims for benefits have been remanded by the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims or the Board of Veterans' Appeals; and H.R. 1490, a bill which would establish a presumption of service-connection in certain claims, and for other purposes.
  
  

• Keith Wilson, Director, Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss the two education benefit programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs for National Guard and Reserve members of the United States Armed Forces, namely, the Montgomery GI Bill-Selected Reserve, chapter 1606 of title 10, United States Code, and the Reserve Educational Assistance Program, chapter 1607 of title 10, United States Code.
  
  

• Barbara Sigford, MD, PhD, National Program Director for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, to discuss the Veterans Health Administration's seamless transition process from the perspective of the Polytrauma System of Care.
  
  

• Ronald Aument, Deputy Undersecretary for Benefits, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, to discuss the Disability Compensation Program and our efforts to meet the needs of service members and veterans of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom.
  
  

• Edward Huycke, MD, Chief Department of Defense Coordination Officer, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss the progress the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense have made in improving the delivery of health care and benefits to our nation's veterans.
  
  
• Michael Kussman, MD, Acting Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to comment on the Veterans Health Administration's efforts to ensure a seamless transition process for our injured service men and women, and our ongoing efforts to continuously improve this process.
  
  
• William Feeley, Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Operations and Management, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss ongoing efforts in the Veterans Health Administration to improve the quality of care we provide to veterans returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
  
  
• Ira Katz, MD, PhD, Deputy Chief Patient Care Services Officer for Mental Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 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 returning veterans.
  
  
• Shane McNamee, MD, Medical Director of the Richmond Polytrauma program, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss the transition of our Wounded Heroes through the Veterans Health Administration.
  
  
• Steven Scott, MD, Medical Director of the Tampa Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to discuss our experience as it relates to the "Service Members Seamless Transition into Civilian Life - our Hero's Return."
  
  

• Keith Wilson, Director, Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs education benefit programs.
  
  
• Bill Borom, Deputy Director, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  
• Keith Pedigo, Director, Loan Guaranty Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs Loan Guaranty Program and our commitment to meeting the housing needs of our nation's veterans.
  
  

• Robert Howard, Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to discuss changes underway in the area of Information Technology.
  
  
• Gordon Mansfield, Deputy Secretary, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to discuss the changes underway in the Department of Veterans Affairs' Information Protection program.
  
  
• James Bagian, MD, Chief Patient Safety Officer, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to discuss the issues of IT security, patient safety, culture and their relationships.
  
  

• Ronald Aument, Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits, regarding the benefits the Department of Veterans Affairs provides to World War II Filipino veterans.
  
  

• The Honorable R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to present the President's 2008 budget proposal for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

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2006 (109th Congress, Second Session)

• Gordon Mansfield, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to testify on VA's actions regarding the recommendations of the "Report of the Congressional Commission on Servicemembers and Veterans Transition Assistance."
  
  

• Gerald Cross, Acting Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health, Department of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans Subcommittee on Health, to discuss ongoing efforts in the Veterans Health Administration to improve the quality of care we provide to veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injuries.
  
  

• Keith Wilson, Director, Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel and the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss the the Department of Veterans Affairs education benefit programs.
  
  
• Jack McCoy, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Program Management, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, to discuss the VA Pension Programs.
  
  

• Michael Walcoff, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Field Operations, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, to discuss training for Veterans Benefits Administration claims adjudicators.
  
  

• Jack McCoy, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Program Management, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, regarding the role of national, state, and regional or local veterans' service organizations and state and local government veterans agencies in the Department of Veterans Affairs disability claims process.
  
  

• Gordon Mansfield, Deputy Secretary, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to provide the Department's views on eight bills, all intended to protect the personal privacy of veterans and others affected by the May 3, 2006 theft of computer equipment containing veterans' personal data.
  
  

• The Honorable R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding the theft of computer equipment containing VA data from the home of a VA employee on May 3, 2006.
  
  

• Robert Howard, Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs information technology reorganization plan and the recent data loss incident.
  
  

• Jonathan Perlin, MD, Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, to discuss ongoing efforts in the Veterans Health Administration to provide safe, effective, efficient and compassionate health care to veterans residing in rural areas.
  
  

• Tim McClain, General Counsel, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss certain legal implications of the May 3, 2006, theft from a VA employee's home of personal-identifying information concerning veterans, service members and some spouses.
  
  

• Michael Kussman, MD, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, to provide an overview of the Veterans Health Administration data management and security procedures in place to ensure the safety and integrity of veterans' electronic health records, and to safeguard sensitive personal veteran information from internal and external security threats.
  
  

• Michael Staley, Assistant Inspector General for Auditing, before a joint meeting of the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, and the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, concerning the Office of Inspector General's (OIG) reports addressing information security weaknesses in the Department of Veterans Affairs and data security practices and policies in the Veterans Benefits Administration.
  
  
• Ronald Aument, Deputy Undersecretary for Benefits, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss data security in the Veterans Benefits Administration.
  
  

• William Fillman, Director, Central Area of the Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to discuss the role of the Veterans Benefits Administration in providing transitional assistance to members of the National Guard and Reserves in the State of South Dakota.
  
  

• Jonathan Perlin, MD, Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs' construction program and 5 Year Capital Plan.
  
  

• Gordon Mansfield, Deputy Secretary, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to present the Administration's views on draft legislation and technical amendments.
  
  

• William Tuerk, Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, to testify on a number of legislative items of great interest to veterans.
  
  

• Michael Kussman, MD, Principal Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the progress, advances and future direction of the Department of Veterans Affairs Project HERO (Healthcare Effectiveness through Resource Optimization) pilot program.
  
  

• Jack McCoy, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Program Management, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, regarding our efforts to reach out to servicemembers, veterans, and their survivors and make them aware of the full range of benefits and services to which they may be entitled.
  
  

• Judith Caden, Director, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunities, to discuss specific elements of the Department of Veterans Affairs' Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.
  
  

• Michael Moreland, Director, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to testify on the important topic of improving veterans' access to care through collaborations.
  
  
• Jonathan Perlin, MD, Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding collaboration between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense.
  
  

• Gordon Mansfield, Deputy Secretary, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to discuss the President's Fiscal Year 2007 information technology (IT) budget proposal for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

• James Terry, Chairman, Board of Veterans' Appeals, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, regarding the Fiscal Year 2007 budget request for the Board of Veterans' Appeals.
  
  
• Daniel Cooper, Under Secretary for Benefits, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs fiscal year 2007 budget request for the compensation and pension programs.
  
  

• Ronald Aument, Deputy Undersecretary for Benefits, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs' 2007 budget requests for the Education, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment, and Loan Guaranty programs.
  
  
• Jonathan Perlin, MD, Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding the President's 2007 budget proposal for the Veterans Health Administration.
  
  

• The Honorable R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to present the President's 2007 budget proposal for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

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2005 (109th Congress, First Session)

• James Terry, Chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals, before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, regarding the operations of the Board of Veterans' Appeals.
  
  
• Ronald Aument, MD, Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits, before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, regarding the Disability Compensation Program.
  
  

• Lawrence Dayton, MD, Chief Consultant for Public Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to discuss the activities taken by the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system related to seasonal and pandemic influenza preparedness.
  
  

• Steven Brown, MD, Director, Compensation and Pension Examination Program, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, regarding improving compensation and pension (C&P) exam quality.
  
  
• Ronald Aument, Deputy Undersecretary for Benefits, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, regarding disability compensation claims decisions and recommendations for standardizing the adjudicative process.
  
  

• Tim S. McClain, General Counsel and Chief Management Officer, before a House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health field Hearing, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs' valued partnership with the Medical University of South Carolina.
  
  

• James Whitson, Director, Eastern Area Veterans Benefits Administration, before a House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity field hearing, to discuss the role of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in providing transition assistance for members of the National Guard and Reserves, and the comprehensive transition assistance provided to members of the National Guard and Reserves by the Manchester Regional Office.
  
  
• Timothy Beebe, Northeast Regional Manager, Readjustment Counseling Service, before a House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity field hearing, to discuss the activities of VA's Vet Center program and the role it plays in providing outreach and care to veterans returning from Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and the role of the Vet Centers in the recent New Hampshire National Guard Reverse Soldier Readiness Program.
  
  

• Gordon Mansfield, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) information technology infrastructure reorganization assessment.
  
  

• Jeannette Chirico-Post, M.D., Network Director, VISN 1, before a House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health field hearing, to discuss "Rural Veterans' Access to Primary Care: Successes and Challenges."
  
  
• John Sims, Togus VA Medical Center, before a House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health field hearing, regarding Rural Veterans' Access to Primary Care in Maine.
  
  

• Keith Pedigo, Director, Loan Guaranty Service, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, regarding veterans-related legislation before the 109th Congress.
  
  
• Alfonso Batres, Ph.D., Chief Readjustment Counseling Officer, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs' Vet Center program and the role Vet Centers play in providing care and services to veterans returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
  
  
• Matthew Friedman M.D., Ph.D., Executive Director of the VA's National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding a variety of issues related to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
  
  
• Michael Kussman, M.D., Deputy Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs' Post Traumatic Stress Disorder programs, and the Department's capability of meeting the mental health and physical health needs of veterans returning from Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, in their seamless transition from Department of Defense to Department of Veterans Affairs care.
  
  

• The Honorable James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the budget forecasting and finances of the Veterans Health Administration.
  
  

• Judith Caden, Director, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, regarding the Transition Assistance Program and Disabled Transition Assistance Program.
  
  

• Jonathan Perlin, Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs' actuarial health care demand model.
  
  

• Jack McCoy, Director, Education Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, regarding the Administration's views on three bills that would affect Department of Veterans Affairs programs providing veterans' benefits and services.
  
  

• John Brown, Director, Seamless Transition Office, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, regarding efforts of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) toward effecting a seamless transition for separating service members from the Department of Defense to VA.
  
  
• Lynda S. Petty, Veterans Benefits Administration Officer-In-Charge for Veterans Benefits, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, regarding her role in providing Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom patients with timely, accurate information about benefits for veterans.
  
  
• Brenda Faas, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)/Department of Defense Liaison for Health Care, Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, regarding VA's Seamless Transition Program.
  
  

• Michael Walcoff, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Field Operations, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs' Appeals Management Center operations.
  
  
• Ron Garvin, Acting Chairman, Board of Veterans' Appeals, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, regarding the operations of the Board of Veterans' Appeals.
  
  

• James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before a House Veterans' Affairs Committee Hearing, regarding the President's 2006 budget proposal for VA.
  
  

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2004 (108th Congress, Second Session)

• Gordon H. Mansfield, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) actions taken since September 11, 2001, to improve its security and emergency preparedness, and its ability to respond to bio-terrorism attacks and other emergency situations.
  
  

• Anthony Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES).
  
  

• Rory Cooper, PhD, Senior Career Research Scientist and Director, Center of Excellence for Wheelchairs and Associated Rehabilitation Engineering, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding how VA's ongoing research and development intersects with the promotion of full participation in society of veterans with severe mobility impairments.
  
  
• Michael Kussman, MD, Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding collaboration between the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DOD) in research and amputee care for veterans of current and past conflicts, and on VA's blind rehabilitation program.
  
  
• Nancy Strohm, Visual Impairment Services Team Coordinator, VA Medical Center, Lebanon, PA, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding VA's commitment to providing quality services to our blind and visually impaired veterans.
  
  
• Penny Schuckers, Chief, Eastern Blind Rehabilitation Center, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding VA's commitment to providing quality services to our blind and visually impaired veterans.
  
  
• Bruce Davis, Deputy Visual Impairment Services Team Coordinator, North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding VA's commitment to providing quality services to our blind and visually impaired veterans.
  
  

• Kenneth Ruyle, Acting Chief Business Officer, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, regarding the Department's revenue program and the current status of the implementation of the Patient Financial Services System.
  
  

• Scott Denniston, Director, Office of Small Business and Center for Veterans Enterprise, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee and the House Committee on Small Business, regarding Department of Veterans Affairs activities to implement the veteran and service-disabled veteran-owned small business programs as envisioned by Public Law 106-50 and 108-183.
  
  

• Lawrence Biro, Director, VA Rocky Mountain Healthcare Network, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding the potential sharing agreement with DoD on the Fitzsimons campus.
  
  

• Gordon Mansfield, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding stewardship of America's programs of veterans benefits and services.
  
  

• Ricardo Randle, Director, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Office, Hartford, Connecticut, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, to discuss OneVA sharing opportunities between the Hartford VA Regional Office and the Newington Campus of the VA Connecticut Healthcare System.
  
  
• Roger Johnson, Director, Connecticut VA Healthcare System, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, to discuss mproving health care services to veterans in the State of Connecticut.
  
  
• Richard A. Sapp, Jr., Military Services Coordinator, Fort Drum, NY, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, to discuss how the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) team at Fort Drum assists the Connecticut National Guard and other troops during the demobilization process.
  
  
• Fred S. Wright, MD, Associate Chief of Staff for Research, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, to discuss health care facilities and opportunities for improving health care for veterans in the State of Connecticut.
  
  
• Jeannette Chirico-Post, MD, Network Director, VA New England Healthcare System, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, to discuss mproving health care services to veterans in the State of Connecticut.
  
  

• Gordon Mansfield, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding programs and services for homeless veterans.
  
  
• John Kuhn, Chief, Homeless Services, Department of Veterans Affairs New Jersey Health Care System, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding programs and services for homeless veterans.
  
  

• Gordon H. Mansfield, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, to present the Department's views on several bills and a draft bill pertaining primarily to veteran's health care and related administrative matters.
  
  
• Marsha Tansey Four, Chair, Advisory Committee on Women Veterans, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding H.R. 3849, the Military Sexual Trauma Counseling Act of 2004, a bill which would permanently authorize VA's program to provide counseling services and care for sexual trauma.
  
  
• Robert Van Keuren, Chair, Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding H.R. 4248, the Homeless Veterans Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2004, a bill which would extend VA's authority to carry out the Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program.
  
  

• Robert J. Epley, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Program Management, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, to present the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs on several bills of great interest to our Nation's veterans
  
  

• Michael Kussman, MD, Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, regarding the Department's research into Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, and Parkinson's disease.
  
  

• Jose Coronado, Director, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding veterans' health care in the Texas Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN 17) Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN 17).
  
  

• Dorcas R. Hardy, Chairman, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Task Force, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding the findings and recommendations of the 2004 Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Task Force.
  
  

• Frances M. Murphy, MD, Deputy Under Secretary for Health Policy Coordination, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, regarding Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) procedures for background checks and credentialing of its health care providers.
  
  

• Jonathan Perlin, Deputy Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs' Transitional Pharmacy Benefit Program.
  
  

• Robert N. McFarland, Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs' information technology program.
  
  

• Robert H. Roswell, MD, Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding the care of veterans who may be suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a consequence of their exposure to the hardships of deployment and the rigors of combat.
  
  

• Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before a House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing regarding the President's Fiscal Year 2005 budget proposal for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

• Robert H. Roswell, Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding continued enhancement of VA's long-term care programs.
  
  

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2003 (108th Congress, First Session)

• Frances Murphy, MD, Deputy Under Secretary for Health Policy Coordination, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, regarding the progress being made by the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to share health information and to develop a veteran-centric, seamless electronic health record.
  
  

• Robert Roswell, M.D., Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding legislative proposals that will greatly enhance VA's ability to recruit and retain the highest quality physicians, dentists, and nurses to care for the Nation's veterans.
  
  

• Robert H. Roswell, MD, Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding the VA's efforts toward a seamless transition for returning service members.
  
  

• Mary C. Raymer, RN, Nursing Education Program Manager, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigation, regarding the impact of the nursing workforce shortage on the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  
• Sandra K. Janzen, RN, Associate Chief of Staff/Nursing, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigation, regarding the Magnet Nursing Services Recognition Program and how Magnet credentialing may improve recruitment and retention associated with the nursing shortage in Department of Veterans Affairs facilities.
  
  
• Cathy Rick, RN, Chief Nursing Officer, Veterans Health Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigation, regarding the impact of the national nursing shortage on the Veterans Health Administration.
  
  

• Robert H. Roswell, MD, Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding the Administration's views.
  
  

• Thomas Lastowka, Director, Philadelphia VA Regional Office and Insurance Center, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding life insurance programs that are supervised and administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

• Anthony Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding the process that produced VA's Draft National CARES (Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services) Plan.
  
  

• Tim McClain, General Counsel, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding the Administration's views on six bills that pertain primarily to the veterans health-care system.
  
  

• Ronald Henke, Director, Compensation and Pension Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding the Fiduciary Program in the Veterans Benefits Administration.
  
  

• Robert H. Roswell, MD, Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding the Administration's views on H.R. 1585, a bill to establish an office to oversee research compliance and assurance within the Veterans Health Administration.
  
  

• Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD, Deputy Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigation, regarding pre- and post-deployment health issues, and VA's role in the care of veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
  
  

• Robert H. Roswell, MD, Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigation, regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs' human research participant protection program.
  
  

• Leo Mackay, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding the recommendations in the Final Report issued by the "President's Task Force to Improve Health Care Delivery For Our Nation's Veterans".
  
  

• Robert Epley, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Program Management, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding several legislative items of interest to veterans.
  
  
• Robert H. Roswell, MD, Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, to discuss construction needs of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and VA's views.
  
  

• Leo S. Mackay Jr., PhD, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding stewardship of America's programs of veterans benefits and services.
  
  

• Robert H. Roswell, MD, Under Secretary for Health before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding VA's long-term care programs and issues related to the GAO report " VA Long-Term Care: Service Gaps and Facility Restrictions Limit Veterans' Access to Non institutional Care".
  
  

• Richard J. Griffin, Inspector General, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding the Office of Inspector General's efforts to identify and eliminate fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement in programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

• Leo Mackay, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, regarding the Department's revenue program.
  
  

• Dr. Leo S. MacKay, Jr., Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding VA's programs and services for homeless veterans.
  
  
• Ned L. Cooney, Ph.D., Director of Mental Health and Substance Abuse at the Newington Campus of the VA Connecticut Healthcare System, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding the daily challenge of promoting recovery for homeless veterans with substance use disorders.
  
  

• Leo Mackay, Jr., Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, to present the Department's views on three measures affecting Department of Veterans Affairs education and vocational rehabilitation programs and small-business opportunities for veterans - H.R. 1460, H.R. 1716, H.R. 1712.
  
  

• Robert H. Roswell, MD, Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, regarding VA's progress in developing a medical education and training program on the medical responses to the consequences of terrorist activity.
  
  
• Daniel L. Cooper, Under Secretary for Benefits, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding several bills of great interest to veterans.
  
  
• Nelda P. Wray, MD, MPH, Chief Research and Development Officer, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs medical and prosthetic research program.
  
  

• Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Statement for the Record submitted to the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits in association with a hearing on the U.S. Department of Education-Department of Defense Troops to Teachers program.
  
  

• Robert H. Roswell, MD, Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding PL 107-287 and VA-DoD efforts to coordinate force protection in the active duty military.
  
  

• Gail Wilensky, PhD, Co-Chair, President's Task Force to Improve Health Care Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding recommendations focusing on changing the VA health care funding process, and increasing VA-DoD cooperation.
  
  

• Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding whether VA should provide veterans with pharmaceuticals prescribed by physicians or other health-care professionals who have no affiliation with VA.
  
  

• Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before a House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing regarding the President's Fiscal Year 2004 budget proposal for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

• Robert H. Roswell, MD, Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding the challenges facing the VA in meeting the current demand for VA health care services.
  
  

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2002 (107th Congress, Second Session)

• Vincent Barile, Deputy Under Secretary, National Cemetery Administration, before a House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing regarding the three reports to Congress that the National Cemetery Administration completed in response to the requirements of Section 613 of Public Law 106-117, the Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act.
  
  

• Jonathan B. Perlin, Deputy Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding the activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide services to veterans who participated in biological and chemical agents testing conducted by the U.S. Army's Deseret Test Center. These tests, known as Project 112, included Project SHAD.
  
  

• Margaret Seaver, MD, Medical Director, Women Veterans Health Center, VA Boston Health Care System, Under Secretary of Health, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health regarding the status of women veterans health care in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Testimony was also provided by VACO officials and field witnesses.
  
  
• Robert Roswell, MD, Under Secretary of Health, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health regarding the status of women veterans health care in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Testimony was also provided by VACO officials and field witnesses.
  
  
• Irene Trowell-Harris, RN, EdD, Director, Center for Women Veterans, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health regarding the status of women veterans health care in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Testimony was also provided by VACO officials and field witnesses.
  
  
• Carole L. Turner, RN, MN, Director, Women Veterans Health Program, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health regarding the status of women veterans health care in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Testimony was also provided by VACO officials and field witnesses.
  
  
• Mary Antoinette (Toni) Lawrie, RN, Manager, Women Veterans Program, Bay Pines VAMC, Florida and VISN 8 Lead Women Veterans Program Manager, Under Secretary of Health, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health regarding the status of women veterans health care in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Testimony was also provided by VACO officials and field witnesses.
  
  

• Dr. John A. Gauss, Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigation, regarding the progress the Department has made in strengthening its Information Technology programs.
  
  

• Robert H. Roswell, MD, Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigation, regarding Department of Veterans Affairs research issues, including the technology transfer program, non-profit research and educational foundations, and human subject protections.
  
  

• Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, regarding programs and services for homeless veterans.
  
  

• Robert J. Epley, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Program Management, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding delivery of transition services and benefits to military members.
  
  

• Robert H. Roswell, MD, Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs' continuing delivery of services and benefits to our military members.
  
  

• Stephen Klotz, MD, Staff Physician, VA Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding the managerial structure in the VA.
  
  
• Robert H. Roswell, MD, Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding actions taken to correct environmental concerns at the Kansas City VAMC.
  
  
• Kent D. Hill, Director, Kansas City VAMC, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding specific plans and accomplishments in correcting the environmental deficiencies at the Kansas City VAMC.
  
  
• Sharon A. Grewe, Patient Advocate, Kansas City VA Medical Center, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding the Kansas City VAMC.
  
  

• Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding health care for Filipino veterans.
  
  

• Daniel L. Cooper, Under Secretary for Benefits, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding the status of the Department's implementation of the VA Claims Processing Task Force's recommendations and to explore the potential for expanded partnerships with the Veterans Service Organizations.
  
  

• Robert Roswell, MD, May 16, 2002 - , Under Secretary of Health, before the Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs regarding non-profit research corporations and educational foundations and the Department of Veterans Affairs Human Studies Protection Program.
  
  

• Robert Roswell, MD, Under Secretary of Health, before the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding the status of the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation (VERA) model.
  
  

• Mark Catlett, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding H.R. 4514 entitled, the "Veterans' Major Medical Facilities Construction Act of 2002."
  
  

• Daniel L. Cooper, Under Secretary for Benefits, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding several legislative items of interest to the Department of Veterans Affairs, pertaining to benefits for veterans and their families.
  
  

• Dr. Leo S. MacKay, Jr., Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding H.R. 3254, the "Medical Education for National Defense in the 21st Century Act" and H.R. 3253, the "National Medical Emergency Preparedness Act of 2001."
  
  

• Dr. John A. Gauss, Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigation, regarding the progress the Department has made in strengthening its Information Technology program.
  
  

• Dr. Leo S. MacKay, Jr., Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel and the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health regarding the status of coordinating health care resources between the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DOD).
  
  

• Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before a House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing regarding the President's Fiscal Year 2003 budget proposal for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

• Frances Murphy, MD, MPH, Deputy Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding changes in VA health care and benefits assistance for veterans based upon ten years of experience helping Gulf War veterans.
  
  

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2001 (107th Congress, First Session)

• Frances Murphy, MD, MPH, Deputy Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigation, regarding VA's role in educating health care professionals to diagnose and treat casualties of terrorist attacks involving chemical, biological, and radiologic agents.
  
  

• Daniel L. Cooper, Chairman of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs' Claims Processing Task Force, before the House Veterans Affairs Committee, regarding the veterans' claims backlog and the time necessary to adjudicate each individual claim.
  
  

• Julius M. Williams, Jr., Director, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service, before the House Veterans Affairs Committee, regarding the status of VA's Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment program for service disabled veterans.
  
  

• Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before a House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing regarding VA's preparedness to respond to DoD contingencies and National emergencies.
  
  

• Frances Murphy, MD, MPH, Deputy Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration, before the House Veterans Affairs Committee, regarding H.R. 2716, the "Homeless Veterans Assistance Act of 2001," a bill which would enhance existing VA programs for homeless veterans.
  
  
• Thomas L. Garthwaite, MD, Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigation, regarding the progress, challenges, and future direction of the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration's revenue program.
  
  
• Ms. Karen Sagar, MCCF Director of the Martinsburg VA Medical Center, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigation, regarding the progress, challenges, and future direction of the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration's revenue program.
  
  

• Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding H. R. 2792, the "Disabled Veterans Service Dog and Health Care Improvement Act of 2001.''
  
  

• Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before a the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigation, regarding the quality of care and management issues at the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center.
  
  
• Robert H. Sabin, Director Richard L. Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center, before a the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigation, regarding the quality of care and management issues at the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center.
  
  
• Linda Belton, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 11, before a the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigation, regarding the quality of care and management issues at the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center.
  
  
• Michael W. Murphy, Ph.D., Director, VA Northern Indiana Health Care System, before a the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigation, regarding the quality of care and management issues at the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center.
  
  
• Jeffrey M. Alger, Director, Indianapolis Regional Office, before a the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigation, regarding the quality of care and management issues at the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center.
  
  

• Thomas L. Garthwaite, MD, Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding health services for veterans across a continuum of care, from intensive inpatient mental health units for acutely ill persons to residential care settings, outpatient clinics, Day Hospital and Day Treatment programs, and intensive community care management programs.
  
  

• Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding HR 1291, the "21st Century Montgomery GI Bill Enhancement Act," which would increase the educational assistance allowance payable under the Montgomery GI Bill.
  
  

• Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigation, regarding VA's Information Technology program and specifically VA's integrated systems architecture, VETSNET, our information security posture, and the Veterans Health Administration's Decision Support System.
  
  

• Thomas L. Garthwaite, MD, Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding VA-DOD Health Care Sharing.
  
  

• Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding HR 801, the "Veterans' Opportunities Act of 2001" and the Pilot Program for VA Guaranteed Loans for Multifamily Transitional Housing for Homeless Veterans.
  
  

• Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before a House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing regarding the President's Fiscal Year 2002 budget proposal for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  
  

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2000 (106th Congress, Second Session)

• Frances Murphy, MD, MPH, Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding the Veterans Health Administration's policy on provision of chiropractic services for veterans.
  
  

• Thomas L. Garthwaite, MD, Under Secretary for Health. before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigation, regarding the VA Medical and Prosthetic Research and Development program and, in particular, protection of human subjects of research in the Veterans Health Administration.
  
  

• Veterans Benefits Administration, Departmental Views. The Department of Veterans Affairs submitted a Statement for the Record, before the House Veterans Affairs Benefits Subcommittee, regarding the Department's views on the joint efforts of government, business, industry and private entities to assist service members and veterans in the military skills documentation and civilian conversion process.
  
  

• Robert P. Bubniak, Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology. before the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigation, regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs' Information Technology programs.
  
  

• James P. Bagian, MD, Director, National Center for Patient Safety. Testimony presented for incorporation into a hearing record of the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigation, regarding ongoing activities and initiatives of the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure the provision of consistent, high quality and safe care to patient. [Note: All witnesses were requested to submit testimony for the record, but no oral testimony was presented.]
  
  

• Edward A. Powell, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Financial Management and Chief Financial Officer, before a hearing of the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs pharmaceutical procurement policy and issues regarding a pilot project to authorize the Special Agents Mutual Benefit Association access to the Federal Supply Schedule for pharmaceuticals.
  
  

• Joseph Thompson, Under Secretary for Benefits, before the House Veterans Affairs Benefits Subcommittee, regarding HR 3256, the "Veterans' Right to Know Act."
  
  

• Joan Furey, Director, Center for Women Veterans, before a hearing of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, regarding services in the VA for women veterans.
  
  

• Michael W. Murphy, Ph.D., Director, VA Northern Indiana Health Care System, VISN 11, Veterans Health Administration, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, regarding the VA Northern Indiana Health Care System.
  
  
• Alan M. Mellow, MD, PhD, Director, Mental Health Service Line, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 11, Veterans Health Administration, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, regarding the Mental Health Service Line in VISN 11 and as it relates to the VA Northern Indiana Healthcare System.
  
  
• Linda Belton, Director, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 11, Veterans Health Administration, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, regarding VISN 11 and the VA Northern Indiana Healthcare System.
  
  

• Gary J. Krump, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and Materiel Management, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, regarding the implementation of the Memorandum of Agreement between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense for the procurement of health care related commodities.
  
  

• John E. Ogden, M.S., Chief Consultant for Pharmacy Benefits Management, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, regarding VA's Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy Program.
  
  

• Thomas L. Garthwaite, MD, Deputy Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding VA-DOD Health Care Sharing.
  
  

• Harold F. Gracey, Jr., Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs' Information Technology programs.
  
  

• Nora Egan, Deputy Under Secretary For Management, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans Affairs Benefits Subcommittee, to provide the VA's views
  
  
• Gary A. Roselle, MD, Program Director for Infectious Diseases, Veterans Health Administration, before the House Veterans Affairs Benefits Subcommittee, to provide data regarding veterans testing positive for hepatitis C in the Veterans Health Administration.
  
  

• Kenneth Clark, Chief Network Officer of the Veterans Health Administration, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding the recruitment, retention, and compensation of health care professionals and to present the Department's views on HR 1216 and HR 2660.
  
  

• Frances Murphy, MD, MPH, Acting Deputy Under Secretary For Policy And Management, Veterans Health Administration, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding the Veterans Health Administration's planning, budgeting and management of capital assets.
  
  

• Joseph Thompson, Under Secretary for Benefits, before the House Veterans Affairs Benefits Subcommittee regarding the concept of well grounded claims and VA's statutory duty to assist claimants in the VA claim process.
  
  

• Michael Slachta, Assistant Inspector General for Auditing, Department of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, regarding the Office of Inspector General's views on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Loan Guaranty Program.
  
  
• Keith Pedigo, Director, Loan Guaranty Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, regarding VA initiatives to restructure the Loan Guaranty Program.
  
  

• Henrietta Fishman, DCSW, CASAC, Service Line Manager, VISN 3 Homeless Veterans Treatment Programs, before a hearing of the Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on Benefits of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, regarding homelessness among veterans and the VA's efforts to address homeless veterans' needs.
  
  
• Frances Murphy, MD, MPH, Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Management, before a hearing of the Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on Benefits of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, regarding homelessness among veterans and the VA's efforts to address homeless veterans' needs.
  
  
• Estella Morris, Program Manager, VA Comprehensive Homeless Center, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, before a hearing of the Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on Benefits of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, regarding homelessness among veterans and the VA's efforts to address homeless veterans' needs.
  
  

• Frances Murphy, MD, MPH, Acting Deputy Under Secretary For Policy And Management, Veterans Health Administration, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding GAO's recent report concerning management of chemical and biological medical supplies.
  
  

• Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Before the House Veterans Affairs Committee, regarding VA's request for approximately $48 billion in Fiscal Year 2001 budget authority for veterans' programs.
  
  

• Thomas L. Garthwaite, MD, Acting Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health and the House Commerce Subcommittees on Health and Environment, and Oversight and Investigations, regarding the VA Patient Safety Program.
  
  
• Audrey L Nelson, PhD, RN, FAAN, Director, VISN 8 Patient Safety Center of Inquiry, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, FL, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health and House Commerce Subcommittees on Health and Environment, and Oversight and Investigations, regarding VA innovation to support patient safety.
  
  

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1999 (106th Congress, First Session)

• Frances M. Murphy, MD, MPH, Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittees on Health, and Oversight & Investigations regarding the possible health effects of the drug pyridostigmine bromide (PB) on veterans who served in the Gulf War.
  
  

• Hershel W. Gober, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans Affairs Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee regarding the status of VA's readiness for the Year 2000.
  
  
• Celia P. Dollarhide, Director, Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits regarding legislative proposals affecting VA's education benefits programs.
  
  

• Joseph Thompson, Under Secretary for Benefits, before the House Veterans Affairs Benefits Subcommittee regarding the adjudication of Gulf War veterans' claims and the VA's efforts to improve Gulf War programs.
  
  

• Eugene A. Brickhouse, Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration, before a hearing of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, regarding VA's compliance with Public Law 105-114, the Veterans Benefits Act of 1997, which established the Office of Resolution Management (ORM) and the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication (OEDCA).
  
  

• Edward A. Powell, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Financial Management and Chief Financial Officer, before a hearing of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, regarding Medical Care Cost Fund (MCCF) overbillings, and internal control weaknesses uncovered at two Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) regional offices.
  
  

• Julius M. Williams, Jr., Director, Vocational Rehabilitation, and Counseling Service, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding the ways that VA's two principal education, training, and employment assistance programs deal with credentialing and licensure, with a focus on how apprenticeship and other on-job training (OJT) programs to assist service members and veterans transitioning back into the economy.
  
  

• Thomas L. Garthwaite, MD, Acting Under Secretary for Health. Before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs' experience in implementing patient enrollment under Public Law 104-262.
  
  

• Peter H. Dougherty, Director, Homeless Veterans Programs, accompanied by Dr. Robert Rosenheck, VA Director of the Northeast Program Evaluation Center and Professor of Psychiatry and Public Health at Yale University, Ms. Gay Koerber, Associate Chief Consultant Health Care for Homeless Veterans, and Mr. Roger Casey, Program Manager, Homeless Grant and Per Diem Program, before a hearing of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, regarding the effectiveness of federal grants to community based organizations as a means of addressing the needs of homeless veterans.
  
  

• Roger Rapp, Acting Under Secretary, National Cemetery Administration, accompanied by Ms Judith Caden, Deputy Director, Loan Guaranty Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before a House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits hearing regarding several bills that affect important programs for veterans and their dependents or survivors.
  
  

• Joseph Thompson, Under Secretary for Benefits, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding several bills that affect important programs for veterans and their dependents or survivors.
  
  

• Roger Rapp, Acting Under Secretary, National Cemetery Administration, before a House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation hearing regarding important issues pertaining to the National Cemetery Administration.
  
  
• Nora Egan, Deputy Under Secretary for Management, Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, on HR 1071, the Montgomery GI Bill Improvements Act of 1999, and HR 1182, the Servicemembers Educational Opportunities Act of 1999, and the future role of the Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB) with respect to military recruitment and veterans' readjustment.
  
  

• Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH, Under Secretary for Health, before a House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health Hearing regarding the Veterans Millennium Health Care Act and Long-Term Care Planning.
  
  

• Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH, Under Secretary for Health. Before a House Veterans Affairs Health Subcommittee hearing regarding long term care provided by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and VHA's current strategy for developing potential solutions to the growing demand for long term care by veterans.
  
  

• Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH, Under Secretary for Health. Before a joint House Veterans Affairs Health and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing regarding issues related to the recent suspension of research at the Greater Los Angeles Health Care System (GLAHS), and oversight of VA's research program.
  
  

• Hershel W. Gober, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Before a House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation hearing regarding the status of VA's readiness for the Year 2000.
  
  

• Smith Jenkins, Jr., Director, VA Desert Pacific Healthcare Network (Veterans Integrated Service Network 22), before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation, regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) program, also known as the Workers' Compensation Program.
  
  
• Ron E. Cowles, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Human Resources Management, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation, regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) program, also known as the Workers' Compensation Program.
  
  
• Frederick L. Malphurs, Director, Veterans Integrated Service Network, Albany, New York, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation, regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) program, also known as the Workers' Compensation Program.
  
  
• Richard J. Griffin, Inspector General, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation, regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) program, also known as the Workers' Compensation Program.
  
  

• Eugene A. Brickhouse, Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration. Before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation, regarding the policies and protections afforded to Department of Veterans Affairs employees who "blow the whistle" or who otherwise believe they may be subject to retaliation for disclosures or complaints.
  
  

• Thomas L. Garthwaite, MD, Deputy Under Secretary for Health. Before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding the Veterans Health Administration's planning, budgeting and management of capital assets.
  
  

• Thomas L. Garthwaite, MD, Deputy Under Secretary for Health. Before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health, regarding the President's budget for veterans medical care for Fiscal Year 2000.
  
  

• Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Before the House Veterans Affairs Committee, regarding VA's request for $43.6 billion in Fiscal Year 2000 budget authority for veterans' programs.
  
  

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1998 (105th Congress, Second Session)

• Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH, Under Secretary for Health. Before the US House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations regarding the impact of Year 2000 (Y2K) technology problems in medical devices in the Veterans Health Care System.
  
  

• John Thompson, Acting General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding the issue of garnishment of VA benefits for child support and other court-ordered family obligations.
  
  

• Thomas L. Garthwaite, MD, Deputy Under Secretary for Health. Before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health, on maintaining capacity to provide for the specialized treatment and rehabilitative needs of disabled veterans.
  
  

• Joseph Thompson, Under Secretary for Benefits. Before the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding benefits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides to Filipino veterans.
  
  

• Teresa L. Wright, MD, Chief, Gastroenterology Section, San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding Hepatitis C infection in the VA Healthcare system.
  
  
• Nils R. Varney, PhD, Director of Training, Iowa City Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding his research on cerebral malaria in Vietnam Veterans.
  
  
• John Booss, MD, Director of Neurology, Department of Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, and Professor of Neurology and Laboratory Medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding potential long-term neuropsychological outcomes associated with malaria and cerebral malaria.
  
  
• Leonard B. Seeff, MD, Senior Scientist for Hepatitis C Research, National Institutes of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health and Former Chief, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding hepatitis C as it affects veterans who are cared for in Veterans Affairs Medical Centers.
  
  

• Nora Egan, Deputy Under Secretary for Management, Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, to provide the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on a draft bill to provide a cost-of-living adjustment in rates of compensation paid to veterans with service-connected disabilities and to make various improvements in education, housing, cemetery, and other programs benefiting veterans.
  
  

• Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH, Under Secretary for Health, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health regarding the future of the veterans healthcare system.
  
  

• Richard Standefer, Acting Chairman, Board of Veterans Appeals, Department of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding the operations of the Board of Veterans' Appeals.
  
  

• Roger Rapp, Acting Director, National Cemetery System, Department of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding the status of operations and activities of the VA's National Cemetery System.
  
  

• Thomas L. Garthwaite, MD, Deputy Under Secretary for Health, Department of Veterans Affairs. Before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health regarding VA's sexual trauma counseling program; a bill to expand authority for special eligibility for health care currently provided to Gulf War veterans to all combat veterans; and to establish a national center for the study of war-related illnesses.
  
  

• Joseph Thompson, Under Secretary for Benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding VBA's progress in implementing the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA).
  
  
• Joseph Thompson, Under Secretary for Benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding his vision for VBA as we move into the 21st Century.
  
  

• Kenneth Clark, Chief Network Officer of the Veterans Health Administration. Before the House Committee of Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations, regarding energy management program and energy savings.
  
  

• Keith Pedigo, Director, Loan Guaranty Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, to present the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs on HR 3039, the "Veterans Transitional Housing Opportunities Act of 1997."
  
  

• Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH, Under Secretary for Health. Before the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding the Gulf War veterans programs.
  
  
• Joseph Thompson, Under Secretary for Benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding the Gulf War Issues.
  
  

• Joseph Thompson, Under Secretary for Benefits, before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding the Department's Vocational Rehabilitation Program.
  
  
• Togo D. West, Jr., Acting Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding the Department's Fiscal Year 1999 Budget.
  
  

• Togo D. West, Jr., Acting Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding burial eligibility criteria at Arlington National Cemetery.
  
  

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1997 (105th Congress, First Session)

• Peter H. Dougherty, Project Manager, VET HELP, Chesapeake Health Education Program, Inc. (CHEP), VAMC, Perry Point, MD. Before a field hearing of the Subcommittee on Benefits of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, in Buffalo, NY to review homeless programs and transitional housing issues.
  
  

• Dean S. Billik, Director, Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System. Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding mismanagement of the Charleston VA Medical Center.
  
  
• Kenneth Clark, Chief Network Officer (CNO) of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding the new VHA Network organization.
  
  
• Thomas A. Cappello, Director, Pittsburgh Healthcare System. Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding the Pittsburgh project.
  
  

• Dr. Elwood Headly, Director, Boston Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Before the Subcommittee on Health of the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding the death of a patient.
  
  
• Billy M. Valentine, Director, Muskogee Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Before the Subcommittee on Health of the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding the death of a patient at a construction site on 05/24/1996.
  
  
• Dr. John H. Mather, Assistant Inspector General. Before the Subcommittee on Health of the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding the Veterans Health Administration's Risk Management Program and its Office of Medical Inspector.
  
  
• T. C. Doherty, Director, Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Before the Subcommittee on Health of the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding the Veterans Health Administration's ( VHA ) policy and performance relating to specific patient incidents.
  
  

• Dennis Duffy, Assistant Secretary for Policy and Planning. Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding the Department's Strategic Plan Fiscal Year 1998-2003.
  
  

• Dennis H. Smith, Director, VA Maryland Health Care System. Before the Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding the VA's treatment facility integrations strategy.
  
  
• Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH, Under Secretary for Health. Before the Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding the VA's treatment facility integrations strategy.
  
  
• Christopher F. Terrence, MD, Director, VA Chicago Health Care System. Before the Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding the VA's treatment facility integrations strategy.
  
  
• James A. Goff, FACHE, Director, VA Palo Alto Health Care System. Before the Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding the VA's treatment facility integrations strategy.
  
  
• Joan E. Cummings, MD, Network Director, Veterans Integrated Service Network 12. Before the Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding the VA's treatment facility integrations strategy.
  
  

• Hershel W. Gober, Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding sexual harassment in the workplace.
  
  

• Jerry W. Bowen, Director, National Cemetery System. Before the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding two bills.
  
  

• D. Mark Catlett, Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief Information Officer. Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding the readiness of VA's information systems for the Year 2000.
  
  

• Celia P. Dollarhide, Director, Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the Subcommittee on Benefits of the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding legislative proposals affecting VA's education benefits programs.
  
  

• Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH, Under Secretary for Health. Before the Subcommittee on Health of the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding VA's medical management of Persian War veterans having difficult to diagnose or ill-defined conditions.
  
  

• Celia P. Dollarhide, Director, Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the Subcommittee on Benefits, House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding the implementation of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) for the VA Educational Assistance, Vocational Rehabilitation and Counseling programs.
  
  

• Mr. John H. Baffa, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Security and Law Enforcement. Before the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations regarding issues related to safety and security at VA facilities.
  
  

• Kristine A. Moffitt, Director, Compensation and Pension Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, before the House Veterans Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Benefits, regarding the implementation of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) and Persian Gulf compensation claims.
  
  

• Hershel W. Gober, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before the House Veterans Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations concerning VA's policy and practices regarding sexual harassment and other forms of discrimination in the work place.
  
  

• Robert H. Roswell, MD, Statement to the House Veterans Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Health regarding VA's new Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation (VERA) process.
  
  

• Jesse Brown, Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Before the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding FY98 budget.
  
  

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1994 (103rd Congress, Second Session)

• Robert M. Kolodner, MD, Director, Medical IRM Office, Veterans Health Administration. Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, regarding VA's Use of Telemedicine in Providing Care to Veterans.
  
  

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