halliday. do you have any opinions as a result of what you have looked into as to items the va may be including in the definition of prosthetics that may be better suited for search s outside of section 8123? >> there was a large inventory of prosthetics when we looked at the medical centers. i think va really has to take a look at which items are not unique but just standardized that you would use on a regular basis and that would be -- take a review to do that. i understand that the vha is moving in that direction. there is just so many. i think when it is unique like a limb, an arm or extension there are very specific requirements. and it has to be taylilored to e veterans needs. when we get into the prosthetics inventory within the medical center there are many items that can be standardized. >> thank you. thank you mr. chairman. >>> thank you, mr. chairman. ms. halliday, i have a couple of questions concerning the overpayment. you said on average there was like a $2300 overpayment. was thi

halliday is accompanied by mr. nick dahl, director of the bedford office of audits and valuations and mr. kent wrathall. both of your complete written statements will be made part of the hearing record. dr. scoville, you are now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, chairman john soften,, ranking -- johnson, ranking member donnelly. thank you for the opportunity to provide a perspective how the department of defense cares for individuals with limb loss, in particular with prosthetic care and our collaboration between dod and the department of veterans affairs. it's always important for us to look back before we look forward, take from lessons learned. the washington post, times herald reported in a few days the army will print -- [inaudible] officers and enlisted men who have lost arms or legs or both in the line of duty the opportunity to return to active duty. this was written in 1951. fast forward to 2003, we repeated this within the military returning individuals to active duty. to date, we have had over 3

the two blocks on halliday plaza that you took out of 6 into 3, no objection to the second block on the eastern half of the western bloc that had over 100 people, that is because the an west sro. thre was an sro. it has organized and assistant tended to live in that building and they have been taken out of district 6. i realize you guys are trying to equalize the populations between district 3 and district 6. if that is your call, there are a lot worse things you could have done tonight. that is my biggest complaint. if it is possible to put that one block back into district 6 on saturday that would be preferable. thank you. >> thank you, sir. >> i double that. both of those blocks. they are tenderloin blocks. the housing is nothing that too many people would angle for. it should be north of market. don't make the tenderloin part of the nobb hill coal ition. i thought it was within your discretion to keep it within district 6. as it went on, we thought maybe we could limit should the carane to 800 people. as early as two weeks ago we thought that if you keep everything from leavenworth

hours after learning their injured ace roy halliday would be out six to eight weeks, david wright droven in the first. rookie pitcher hefner helps his own cause with his first career home run. and then, of course, came the rain. but after a delay, the mets won it 6-3. >>> on the other coast, ryan braun led brewers against the l.a. dodgers with a two-run homer to the right in the first and that's all milwaukee needed. mike fiers allows one run on five hits in seven innings. for a 2-1 victory in his first major league start. >>> down the santa ana freeway from dodger stadium, an angel in the outfield, second inning leap robbed the yankees' nick swisher of a home run. in the third, albert pujols hits a 443, 443-foot two-run homer, his eighth round-tripper in may after none in april. the angels win it 5-3. >>> finally, a stunner in women's tennis. at the french open serena william lost a first round match in a grand slam tournament for the first time in her career. in an emotional match lasting more than three hours williams lost to razzano, williams led 5-3 in the second, set tiebreaker, t

halliday is accompanied today by mr. nick, director of the bedford office of audits and evaluations and mr. kent. both of your complete written statements. you are now recognized for five minutes. >> chairman johnson and distinguished members of the subcommittee thank you for your opportunity to provide a perspective and how the department of defense cares in particular prosthetic cares and collaboration. it's always important for us to look back before we look forward to take from lessons learned. the washington post reported in a few days will print a formal evaluation to give officers the opportunity to return to active duty. this was written in 1951. fast forward to 2003 we repeated this within the military return individuals to active duty. to date we have had over 305 individuals who remain on active duty and over 53 of these have redeployed into iraq or afghanistan. the goal of our program is to return patients to athleticism or their preinjury level of activity. it is a philosophy to have our patient tell us how

you see, halliday is a two-time cy young award-winning right-handed pitcher for the phillies. one of the best in the game. but he could never pitch with a glove on. check this out. that's a right-handed pitcher's windup. the bobblehead has a glove on the right hand. how does that get through quality control? >> what quality control? >> i mean, how many levels of quality control does a bobblehead company have? you can only imagine several. that's i am why possible. >> that's a cricket fan. >>> it's kind of like a food truck except fashion in the truck. for the first time ever d.c. shoppers have a chance to shop boutique style on wheels. this is a style-liner. it used to be a potato chip delivery truck, but in 2010 joey wofford transformed it into a boutique on wheels with everything from a $20 bracelet to a $1,500 jacket. joey says traveling as a former trend director inspired her idea. >> my personality is not one that's married to sort of one location, one spot. so you know, the idea of being able to be around and sfol the customer and go to their houses was kind of appealing

top of the third, bryce harper stepped up against roy halliday. the rookie had two hits on the night. two batters later, desmond knocks a solo home run and the nat go on to win 5-26789 it is their franchise best sixth straight win over the phillies in philadelphia. >>> orioles hosted the red sox. scoreless in the second inning. a man on base and steve tollefson hit. >>> an arbitrator has upheld the salary cap reductions on the cowboys and redskins for the next season. the redskins lost $36 million over two years. >> the cowboys lost $10 million for overloading contracts during the up capped 2010 season. the news has led to speculation the skins will need to renegotiate some contract. chris cooley could be one of the players asked. he was limbited to just five games last season due to injuries. he is back on the practice field and want to be more than just a bit player. >> even if i'm not the guy, which is what i want to be, what is what i want to try to be, you want to be a major factor on this team and a major factor in the offense. that is not e

. >> joining us is linda halliday, assistant inspector general, i.d. for the u.s. department of veterans affairs. and nicholas dahl, director of the bedford office of awed its and he valuation for the i.g., director of the atlanta office. and also joined by dr. john day. dr. day is accompanied by dr. yang a physician for the office of health care inspections for the i.g. thank you for being here. ms. halliday, we'll begin with you. >> members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to discuss the results of our two recent reports on v.h.a.'s management and acquisition of prosthetic limbs in the management of supply inventories. we conducted our work at the request of the house veterans affairs. i'll discuss our efforts to to deliver prosthetic limb care and manage supply inventories in its medical centers. in our first report, we examined the procurement practices and the costs of prosthetic limbs. we identified opportunities to improve payment controls to avoid overpaying for prosthetic limbs and to improve contract negotiations to obtain the best value

and in russia, they have tried numerous things, including creating a new federal halliday which is a national day of procreation where everyone is asked to go home, turn out the lights, close the curtains and do their patriotic duty. [laughter] now if you take a look at what is happening across the country, one of the things, when we talk about immigration, is the many members of congress and people who get very heavily involved. they like to move from immigration over to order security. they are two separate issues but i want to share one statistic that surprises a lot of people and that is that 52% of the united states border patrol and customs agents are eligible for retirement this year and 2012. 51% of all customs and border protection agents are eligible for retirement this year. don't take my word for it. that statistics come from the gao. so when a member of congress or a presidential candidate or anyone says we need more boots on the ground, my question is where do you plan to get them from? now border patrol isn't the only law-enforcement agency that is experiencing difficu