VA High Risk List Action Plan, Managing Risks, and Improving VA Health Care
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Notice is given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) report, High Risk List Action Plan Update--Managing Risks and Improving VA Health Care, provided to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), is available for public review at https://www.va.gov/ performance/. In this update, VA provides status on actions taken from March 2020 through May 2021, future planned actions with detailed project milestones, refined goals and objectives, a resource assessment, information on work related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and a response to critiques made in GAO's 2021 High Risk Series: Dedicated Leadership Needed to Address Limited Progress in Most High-Risk Areas (21-119SP), published March 2, 2021.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 50431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19453]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
VA High Risk List Action Plan, Managing Risks, and Improving VA
Health Care
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Notice is given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
report, High Risk List Action Plan Update--Managing Risks and Improving
VA Health Care, provided to the U.S. Government Accountability Office
(GAO), is available for public review at <a href="https://www.va.gov/performance/">https://www.va.gov/performance/</a>. In this update, VA provides status on actions taken from
March 2020 through May 2021, future planned actions with detailed
project milestones, refined goals and objectives, a resource
assessment, information on work related to the coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) pandemic and a response to critiques made in GAO's 2021 High
Risk Series: Dedicated Leadership Needed to Address Limited Progress in
Most High-Risk Areas (21-119SP), published March 2, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Rasmussen, M.D., Director for
GAO-Office of Inspector General Accountability Liaison at 202-340-9429
or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#25736d64141567626a646962646a6d77696553440b424a53"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="95c3ddd4a4a5d7d2dad4d9d2d4daddc7d9d5e3f4bbf2fae3">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA's commitment to addressing the management
functions GAO highlighted in its report will ensure initiatives
continue to be reinforced by sound policy; are implemented by staff
with the right knowledge, skills, and abilities; receive the right
information technology support; identify and secure essential human and
financial resources; have management oversight; and are accountable
throughout planning, implementation, and reinforcement. Leaders in the
Veterans Health Administration, in partnership with the Office of
Information Technology, continue to establish a unified vision for
ensuring VA effectively takes action to address the five areas of
concern and drives organizational accountability toward resolution of
the high-risk listing.
Signing Authority
Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved this
document on September 2, 2021, and authorized the undersigned to sign
and submit the document to the Office of the Federal Register for
publication electronically as an official document of the Department of
Veterans Affairs.
Michael P. Shores,
Director, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of General
Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2021-19453 Filed 9-7-21; 8:45 am]
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