SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS BOURGET 22 BURLINGTON 28 29 30 31 CALLAHAN 25 26 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 EVANS 18 EVERETT 1 3 4 7 8 9 11 13 16 18 19 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 37 38 40 KIZER 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 MAGAZINE 34 37 38 39 40 MASCARA 3 8 9 19 20 21 22 32 33 38 39 40 SACHS 33 34 SNYDER 9 10 11 WEXLER 19 WILLEMSSEN 4 7 8 9 10 11 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS STATEMENT OF JOEL WILLEMSSEN, DIRECTOR, CIVIL AGENCIES INFORMATION SYSTEMS, ACCOUNTING AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DIVISION, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE; ACCOMPANIED BY HELEN LEW, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, CIVIL AGENCIES INFORMATION SYSTEMS, ACCOUNTING AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DIVISION, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE, AND NABAJYOTI BARKAKATI, TECHNICAL ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SCIENTIST, ACCOUNTING AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DIVISION, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PAGE 4 STATEMENT OF KENNETH W. KIZER, UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; ACCOMPANIED BY LEONARD BOURGET, YEAR 2000 PROJECT MANAGER, VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND STEVEN WEXLER, CHIEF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER, VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PAGE 12 STATEMENT OF JOHN J. CALLAHAN, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET AND CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; ACCOMPANIED BY BRUCE BURLINGTON, M.D., DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND WILLIAM BRISTOW, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION PAGE 24 STATEMENT OF ALAN H. MAGAZINE, PRESIDENT, HEALTH INDUSTRY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION PAGE 34 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING