mr. delbene: we have had our share of big bangs on the commercial side as well. rep. rosendale: mr. delbene, clearly learned some lessons in vbms, hr, moving toward a more agile, less risky approach. we are also arguing plummeting this? mr. delbene: ironically, where we are ending up in the ehrm program is an incremental approach. if you look retrospectively, we have established six locations where it is today with the pause we are resetting to get it right . hindsight is 20/20, but you probably should have done that from the beginning. scope of the project from the beginning should have been this first pod, and then you would broaden beyond that. i think it's the model we are using everywhere. even if fmbt -- it's been talked about as big bang. it is not really. get the blueprint of the financial transformation right, start with some of the core offices and add vba. that thing we will have to do in the future which we are just doing with the central offices in the first to central office first is the rollout. that will be complex. but i don't think it is completely accurate to say t

mr. kurt delbene. good to see you again. we also have mr. robert griffin and mrs. cherri waters at the office of information and technology. when we are all situated, just like every meeting, we have you see it, now we will ask you to stand again and please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear under the penalty of perjury that the testimony you are about to provide is the whole truth and nothing but the truth? thank you. let the record reflect all witnesses have answered in the affirmative. mr. delbene, you are recognized for five binance for your opening statement. >> thank you for the opportunity to testify on the critical mission to pivot to build a world-class i.t. organization to support the critical work at the department of veterans affairs. i am accompanied by two of my executive directors. over the past three years, oit has transitioned from a traditional i.t. approach to a modern organization patterned after high tech audit development practices. this aligns with our responsibility in delivering a broad range of products and services to stakeholde

mr. moore, ms. delbene, mrs. houchin, the gentleman from new york, mr. morelli, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. running back taller, the gentlewoman from michigan, mrs. dingell and the members of the louisiana delegation, mr. higgins, ms. ledlow, mr. fields. we will retire from the chamber to escort the speaker elect to the chair. host: you are watching live coverage of the 119th congress. it is january 3, a constitutional date when the new congress has to elect a speaker and get into business. mike johnson has been elected speaker, 218-215. he got the majority of 434 members. the full congress is 435 but matt gaetz shows not to be sworn in. he is not in the congress as of right now. coming up in just a minute, mike johnson will be escorted down to the dais and he will be introduced by hakeem jeffries, the democratic leader who came in second place when it came to being speaker by only three votes. then we will hear from mike johnson after he is sworn in by speaker of the house. he will make a speech, he will swear in all the members. technically no

mr. moore, the gentlewoman from washington. miss delbene, the gentlewoman from indiana. mrs. houchin, the gentleman from new york. mr. morelli, the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. reschenthaler, the gentlewoman from michigan. mrs. dingell and the members of the louisiana delegation. mr. higgins, miss. letlow, mr. carter and mr. fields. the committee will retire from the chamber to escort the speaker elect to the chair. >> yes. >> so as we wait for the escort committee that was just named to meet with the now reelected house speaker, mike johnson, let's talk about what just happened. and kasie hunt, as we heard from our colleagues with jake, certainly this is the one that is supposed to be easy. it wasn't easy, but it happened and it happened, you know, with blood, sweat and tears. but it did happen on the first round, and it could have been harder. >> and we did go back and forth. you know, mr. burchett was here saying they had gaveled that vote. there was going to be a second vote. as it turned out, they changed their votes at the end, which means that johnson does get to s

mr. moore, ms. delbene, mrs. houchin, the gentleman from new york, mr.morelli, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. running back taller, the gentlewoman from michigan, mrs. dingell and the members of the louisiana delegation, mr. higgins, ms. ledlow, mr. fields. we will retire from the chamber to escort the speaker elect to the chair. host: you are watching live coverage of the 119th congress. it is january 3, a constitutional date when the new congress has to elect a speaker and get into business. mike johnson has been elected speaker, 218-215. he got the majority of 434 members. the full congress is 435 but matt gaetz shows not to be sworn in. he is not in the congress as of right now. coming up in just a minute, mike johnson will be escorted down to the dais and he will be introduced by hakeem jeffries, the democratic leader who came in second place when it came to being speaker by only three votes. then we will hear from mike johnson after he is sworn in by speaker of the house. he will make a speech, he will swear in all the members. technically no