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*Ohio Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for Monday March 10, 2025 ( 7 items )  

Acting VA IG Case Testifies Before House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee
WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization released the following testimony by David Case, acting inspector general of Veterans Affairs, from a Feb. 24, 2025, hearing entitled "From Reset to Rollout: Can the VA EHRM Program Finally Deliver?". EHRM stands for electronic health record modernization. * * * Chairman Barrett, Ranking Member Budzinski, and Subcommittee members, thank you for the opportunity to discuss the independent oversight conduct  more

AMVETS National Commander Johnson Testifies Before House Veterans' Affairs Committee
WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee released the following testimony by AMVETS National Commander Horace Johnson from a Feb. 25, 2025, joint hearing with the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on veteran service organizations legislative presentation: * * * Chairman Bost, Chairman Moran, Ranking Member Takano, Ranking Member Blumenthal, and distinguished members of the House and Senate Committees on Veterans Affairs, The Department of Veterans Affairs was created with a  more

Disabled American Veterans National Commander Contreras Testifies Before House Veterans' Affairs Committee (Part 2 of 2)
WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Daniel Contreras, national commander of the Disabled American Veterans, from a Feb. 25, 2025, joint hearing with the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on veteran service organizations legislative presentation: * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) In 2020, a $1 million grant was awarded to Save A Warrior, a nonprofit organization committed to ending the staggering suicide rate plaguing veterans, acti  more

DOT Releases Public Communication From Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission
WASHINGTON, March 10 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation has released the following public communication on Feb. 27, 2025, from the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, Columbus, Ohio: * * * The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) requests that US DOT consider the following recommendations to the National Multimodal Freight Network draft. - MORPC recommends that the National Multimodal Freight Network draft consider incorporating resiliency as a key criterion for determining   more

GAO Director Harris Testifies Before House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee
WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization released the following testimony by Carol Harris, director of information technology and cybersecurity issues at the Government Accountability Office, from a Feb. 24, 2025, hearing entitled "From Reset to Rollout: Can the VA EHRM Program Finally Deliver?" EHRM stands for electronic health record modernization. * * * Chairman Barrett, Ranking Member Budzinski, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you   more

Secretary Kristi Noem Announces Expanded Leadership to Revamp ICE
WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Kristi Noem Announces Expanded Leadership to Revamp ICE WASHINGTON --Today, Secretary Kristi Noem announced new leadership to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to reinstitute a culture of results and accountability after four years of agency decay under the Biden Administration. Secretary Noem issued the following statement: "For the past four years, our brave me  more

VA Acting Program Executive Director Evans Testifies Before House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee
WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization released the following testimony by Neil Evans, acting program executive director of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Electronic Health Record Modernization Integration Office, from a Feb. 24, 2025, hearing entitled "From Reset to Rollout: Can the VA EHRM Program Finally Deliver?": * * * Good afternoon, Chairman Barrett, Ranking Member Budzinski, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee. Tha  more