{"id":35017,"date":"2013-04-09T19:28:38","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T23:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=35017"},"modified":"2013-04-09T19:29:38","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T23:29:38","slug":"va-claims-computers-taken-off-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=35017","title":{"rendered":"VA claims computers taken offline"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the Stars & Stripes<\/a>, the Department of Veterans’ Affairs had to stop using their Veterans Benefits Management System which is supposed to be the panacea for the department’s claims backlog problem yesterday. Of course, the VA was optimistic that the system would be back up this evening, but it’s the 13th time it’s been taken down in the last six months.<\/p>\n

Last week, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki said officials are still in a \u201cwork out\u201d period for the VBMS rollout, but he is confident the system and backlog plan are both on track.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe continue to give capability with each update,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re doing it incrementally, being patient … get it stable.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Shinseki also said he expects the backlog to worsen before it improves, and would not give any time line for when veterans might see the numbers begin to decrease.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, House Speaker John Boehner sent his second letter this year to the VA demanding \u201ca coherent plan, with benchmarks, deadlines, and specific measurements of progress, to address the backlog of veterans\u2019 compensation claims.\u201d<\/p>\n

In it, he wrote the VA has not produced any evidence that the new VA systems will eliminate the backlog or improve claims processing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve watched the government buy document management systems before – it’s not a pretty sight. It usually takes someone who knows what they’re doing, but those folks never seem to be the ones assigned to the task. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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