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Government Executive | Biden administration punts on deadline to recommend sweeping changes to VA health care
The Biden administration is delaying its recommendations to "modernize and realign" the Veterans Affairs Department, punting for six weeks required proposals that could drastically reshape the agency's footprint and workforce.
Given the potential impact on the workforce, a VA official said, McDonough is delaying the announcement until senior staff can safely communicate the plans through town halls in each of VA's regions. The department has a statutory deadline to post its recommendations in the Federal Register by Jan. 31, but will push that into mid-March due to the surging COVID-19 cases. The proposals are also supposed to go to the commission by that time, but the panel does not yet exist as all of the nominees have yet to be submitted to the Senate for consideration and approval.
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