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Nominee Don Bergen Promises Faster, Better VA Responses to Congress, Urged to Improve Transparency on Contracts and Reorganization
Summary
Don Bergen, nominated to lead VA congressional and legislative affairs, told senators he will prioritize staffing and process changes to improve timeliness and substance of VA communications with Congress while senators pressed for greater transparency on canceled contracts and the department's proposed reorganization and NDAs.
Don Bergen, the president’s nominee to serve as assistant secretary for congressional and legislative affairs at the Department of Veterans Affairs, told the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee that improving responsiveness to Congress and better staffing of congressional relations officers would be his immediate priorities if confirmed.
Bergen said his work since April as a senior adviser to VA exposed shortfalls in the office that interfaces with Congress. He told Chairman Moran the office was ‘‘pretty short staffed’’ on congressional relation officers, and he has recommended both personnel and process changes to provide ‘‘timely, and useful’’ responses to committee and member requests. He said he would measure success by improved timeliness and the substance of answers provided to congressional…
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