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Derrick Van Orden: “The cost estimate was over a billion dollars more than the…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

Rep. Van Orden Chairs Veterans Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Hearing on the Digital GI Bill

Published September 26, 2024 | Video Starts at 03:27

So the life cycle cost is projected by mitre, who I will note, refused to testify today. That's the empty chair next to you. And answer questions about their involvement in these issues to be up to … The cost estimate was over a billion dollars more than the estimate given to Congress in 2021. … to be finished at the end of 2024, will not even be done until 2026. (03:27–03:32)

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Asserts that the cost estimate for the Digital GI Bill project exceeded the 2021 estimate by over a billion dollars.

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“The life cycle cost is projected by MITRE to be up to $2.7 billion.”
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“The Digital GI Bill project has cost the taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and ultimately negatively impacts veterans.”
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“The report issued by the VA Inspector General in August 20, 2024, confirms many of the fears expressed about how this project was being…”
Rep. Van Orden Chairs Veterans Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Hearing on the Digital GI Bill | Uploaded September 26, 2024 | 01:30-01:41
“The VBA failed to include staff that had required technical expertise to develop performance work statements.”
Rep. Van Orden Chairs Veterans Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Hearing on the Digital GI Bill | Uploaded September 26, 2024 | 01:56-02:09
“The initial contract requirements were unclear or unrealistic.”
Rep. Van Orden Chairs Veterans Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Hearing on the Digital GI Bill | Uploaded September 26, 2024 | 02:09-02:16
“This project, which was originally projected to be finished at the end of 2024, will not even be done until 2026.”
Rep. Van Orden Chairs Veterans Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Hearing on the Digital GI Bill | Uploaded September 26, 2024 | 03:32-03:39
“The thing. This was signed under the previous administration.”
Rep. Van Orden Chairs Veterans Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Hearing on the Digital GI Bill | Uploaded September 26, 2024 | 09:57-10:00
“We are having difficulty hiring and retaining doctors and nurses and nurse practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors.”
Rep. Van Orden Chairs Veterans Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Hearing on the Digital GI Bill | Uploaded September 26, 2024 | 10:57-11:03
“They can go to the civilian world and get paid more, because we're wasting billions of dollars.”
Rep. Van Orden Chairs Veterans Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Hearing on the Digital GI Bill | Uploaded September 26, 2024 | 11:17-11:24
“We don't have enough money for [prosthetics].”
Rep. Van Orden Chairs Veterans Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Hearing on the Digital GI Bill | Uploaded September 26, 2024 | 12:36-12:38
“Every single IT project has been a galactic failure from the VA.”
Rep. Van Orden Chairs Veterans Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Hearing on the Digital GI Bill | Uploaded September 26, 2024 | 12:47-12:54