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EX-VA EXEC USES DC'S "REVOLVING DOOR" TO LAND
JOB AT FIRM THAT BOTCHED VA COMPUTER CONTRACT --
Ronald Aument, VA's former deputy under secretary
for
benefits, gets high-powered position at
BearingPoint,
the company that charged VA nearly $350 million
for a computer system that didn't work.
If you want to know why it takes so long to get a
VA claim approved...you can lay a good part of the blame at the feet of
Ronald Aument, former deputy under secretary for benefits at the VA.
His tenure at the VA was completely unremarkable...in other words, he was
an expert at covering his rear while the backlog of disability claims got
bigger and bigger. For some of Aument's managerial low points, use
the VA Watchdog search engine...click here...
http://www.yourvabenefits.org/sessearch.php?q=aument&op=and
Now, he's got a high-powered position at
BearingPoint, the firm that botched the VA's CoreFLS computer system to
the tune of nearly $350 million. For more about the CoreFLS debacle,
use the VA Watchdog search engine...click here...
http://www.yourvabenefits.org/sessearch.php?q=corefls&op=and
This sounds like a match made in
heaven...because, truly, these two deserve each other.
BearingPoint press release here...
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmVie
wId=news_view&newsId=20080730005073&newsLang=en
Press release below:
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Former Veterans Affairs Official Ronald
Aument Joins Consulting Firm BearingPoint
New Appointment Will Help Drive Support for Warfighter and Veteran
Healthcare Initiatives
MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BearingPoint, Inc. (NYSE:BE), one of the
world’s largest management and technology consulting firms, today
announced the appointment of Ronald Aument as director and strategic
advisor in BearingPoint’s Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs
healthcare practices. Aument joins the firm after 35 years of service with
the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, where he retired from the
position of deputy under secretary for benefits.
In his new role at BearingPoint, Aument will strengthen the firm’s team of
dedicated professionals helping the DoD and VA provide critical benefits
and services to America’s service members veterans, and their families.
As deputy under secretary from 2004 to 2008, Aument served in the capacity
of chief operating officer of the VA organization
 charged
with delivering financial benefits to veterans and their families through
five business lines, including programs for disability compensation and
income security, educational assistance, home loan guaranties, life
insurance, and vocational rehabilitation and employment. Annual benefits
payments for the five programs totaled over $45 billion in 2007. From 2000
to 2004, Aument was the VA’s deputy chief of staff, supporting the
department’s diverse mission of providing healthcare, financial benefits,
and burial and memorial services to veterans and their families. Prior to
2000, Aument held other leadership, operational and financial management
positions during his 35-year distinguished career with the Department.
“Helping the DoD and VA care for service members and veterans is more than
just business,” said Kelvin Womack, senior vice president for
BearingPoint’s Federal Healthcare practice. “We’ve worked with these
organizations for decades as they strive to improve healthcare to the
brave men and women who help protect our nation. Ron’s first-hand
experience and knowledge will reinforce an already strong team of
professionals at BearingPoint who feel honored to consult and work on
programs designed to help America’s warfighter’s get better care from the
front lines to the homefront.”
BearingPoint’s Healthcare practice provides management and technology
consulting services to organizations across the healthcare continuum: from
federal and state health services organizations and managed care
organizations to academic medical centers, health insurers and government
health plans. The firm’s federal healthcare clients include the U.S. Army
Medical Department, TRICARE Management Activity, U.S. Army Medical
Research & Material Command, Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, the
Department of Veterans Affairs, and various agencies throughout the
Department of Health and Human Services, including the Office of the
Secretary and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology.
About BearingPoint, Inc.
BearingPoint, Inc. (NYSE:BE) is one of the world's largest providers of
management and technology consulting services to Global 2000 companies and
government organizations in more than 60 countries worldwide. Based in
McLean, Va., the firm has more than 16,000 employees focusing on the
Public Services, Commercial Services and Financial Services industries.
BearingPoint professionals have built a reputation for knowing what it
takes to help clients achieve their goals, and working closely with them
to get the job done. Our service offerings are designed to help our
clients generate revenue, increase cost-effectiveness, manage regulatory
compliance, integrate information and transition to “next-generation”
technology. For more information, visit the Company's Web site at
www.BearingPoint.com.
Some of the statements in this press release constitute “forward-looking
statements” within the meaning of the United States Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on our current
expectations, estimates and projections. Words such as “will,” “expects,”
“believes” and similar expressions are used to identify these
forward-looking statements. These statements are only predictions and as
such are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks,
uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict.
Forward-looking statements are based upon assumptions as to future events
or our future financial performance that may not prove to be accurate.
Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed
or forecast in these forward-looking statements. As a result, these
statements speak only as of the date they were made, and the Company
undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.
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Scott
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