Reports by GAO and the VA Inspector General Point Towards Need for VA Acquisitions Procedures Reforms

Clear Need for Reform of Acquisition Procedures Within VA 01/19/2010. WASHINGTON, DC—There is a clear need of reform of acquisition procedures within VA, legislators declared last month at a House VA Oversight subcommittee hearing. Reports by GAO and the VA Inspector General have shown that VISN directors and VA medical center staff failed to use the Federal Supply Schedule due to lack of information and the proper tools needed to use FSS, resulting in a lost savings of almost $8.2 million a year. U.S. Medicine