House VA Committee advances multiple bills focused on agency modernization

House VA Committee advances multiple bills focused on agency modernization

The House Veterans Affairs Committee advanced a series of bills Wednesday aimed at modernizing technology at the VA. At least three bills related to the VA’s technology infrastructure advanced out of committee, but not without pushback from some Democrats.  One of those bills was the Veterans Affairs Distributed Ledger Innovation Act, which directs the VA secretary to evaluate how the agency can use distributed ledger technology to improve accou…