The Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) information technology (IT) fiscal year 2012 budget has been all over the place in recent months. That roller coaster is continuing between the House and the Senate as they both attempt to reconcile the requested budget with what they each believe to be available for the budget, and what they believe the budget is really worth.
The process is an ongoing one, and neither one is where they need to be, yet.
The House passed the Military Construction/VA Spending bill in mid June. If they have their way, the VA IT budget would total $3.03 billion, which is 4% less than the FY 2011 budget.
The Senate, however, is apparently going the other way with the budget.
The Senate Appropriations Committee gave the VA the full $3.16 billion they requested. This was approved at the end of June but has yet to go in front of the full senate for a vote.If the Senate approves the committee's recommendations, negotiations follow. Both sides would have to come to an agreement on keeping the House's $140 million cutback, grant the VA everything they asked for, or find a middle ground.
The House bill would mandate the VA turn over to Congress a comprehensive plan detailing such things as the VA's investment requirements and any time the VA "reprogrammed" allocated funds. The Senate bill makes no such demand
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