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Lawmakers closing ranks on a bipartisan bill to fix VA’s troubled EHR rollout

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House and Senate lawmakers from both parties agree the Department of Veterans Affairs’ rollout of a new Electronic Health Record is falling short of expectations. Top Democrats and Republicans on the House and Senate VA committees introduced several EHR reform bills over the past few months. But with the VA back at the bargaining table with Oracle-Cerner, seeking a tougher contract, lawmakers are starting to close ranks on which bill has the best chance of making it through Congress. House VA Committee Ranking Member Mark Takano (D-Calif.) said he’s working…

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Does the military need a separate service for cyber? Some lawmakers think so; DoD isn’t sure

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It’s been a little over three years since Congress created a dedicated military service to focus on space. Lawmakers are wondering whether it’s time to do the same thing for cyber. The Defense Department hasn’t yet taken a position on that question — officials say they’re still studying the topic of military cyber force design. But some members of Congress are getting impatient. Lawmakers have asked DoD for its recommendations on whether there ought to be a separate military services just for cyber forces more than once. In the 2020…

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House lawmakers seek VA EHR pause, ‘gravely concerned’ for patient safety

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System outages and patient safety concerns associated with the Department of Veterans Affairs&#8217; new electronic health record (EHR) have led to top members of the House VA Committee calling for the agency to stop future rollouts.</p> <p>VA officials told the technology modernization subcommittee Tuesday that the VA medical center in Walla Walla, Washington, experienced EHR outages Monday and Tuesday this week.</p> <p>In light of these and <a href=”https://federalnewsnetwork.com/it-modernization/2022/04/va-looking-into-root-cause-of-ehr-outage-that-also-hit-dod-coast-guard/”>other recent outages</a>, Cerner officials told lawmakers the company is considering a technical review of the EHR to ensure the system is stable…

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Lawmakers raise concerns about EEOC return to office plans

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As some agencies start to reenter office spaces, lawmakers are raising concerns about return-to-office plans for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Reps. Virginia Foxx (R-Va.), ranking member on the Committee on Education and Labor, and James Comer (R-Ky.), ranking member on the Committee on Oversight and Reform, said the lag on reentry would delay the commission’s ability to efficiently review and resolve discrimination charges. “We are unaware of any plan for the commission to return the remainder of its workforce of approximately 2,000 employees to in-person service,” the authors said…

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