Sec. 621. Working group to improve employee work credit and work management systems of Veterans Benefits Administration in an electronic environment
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Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a working group to assess and develop recommendations for the improvement of the employee work credit and work management systems of the Veterans Benefits Administration in an electronic environment. The working group shall be composed of the following: The Secretary or the Secretary's designee. Individuals selected by the Secretary from among employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs who handle claims for compensation and pension benefits and are recommended to the Secretary by a labor organization for purposes of this section, including at least one of each of the following individuals:
A veterans service representative. A rating veterans service representative. A decision review officer. Not fewer than three individuals selected by the Secretary to represent different organizations recognized by the Secretary for the representation of veterans under section 5902 of title 38, United States Code. Individuals selected by the Secretary— that are not employees of the Department; and that are experts in work credit and work management systems. The duties of the working group are to assess and develop recommendations for the following:
The improvement of the employee work credit and work management systems of the Veterans Benefits Administration in an electronic environment. A scientific, data based methodology to be used in revising the employee work credit system of the Department to improve the quality and quantity of work produced by employees of the Department. The improvement of the resource allocation model of the Veterans Benefits Administration, with a focus on the processing of claims in an electronic environment.
A schedule by which the revisions referred to in paragraph
(2)will be implemented by the Department. In carrying out its duties under subsection (c), the working group shall review the findings and conclusions of previous studies of the employee work credit and work management systems of the Veterans Benefits Administration. The Secretary shall consider the recommendations of the working group and implement such recommendations as the Secretary determines appropriate. Not later than 180 days after the date of the establishment of the working group, the working group shall submit to Congress a report on the progress of the working group. Not later than one year after the date of the establishment of the working group, the Secretary shall submit to Congress the methodology described in subsection (c)(2) and the schedule described in subsection (c)(4) that the Secretary has decided to implement pursuant to subsection (e). After submitting the report under subsection (f), the Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary to apply the methodology described in subsection (c)(2) and the schedule described in subsection (c)(4) that the Secretary has decided to implement pursuant to subsection (e).