Senators Seek Probe of VA Contracting Three senators asked the Government Accountability Office to evaluate the Veterans Affairs Department’s verification program for veteran- and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses. They said VA’s Center for Veterans Enterprise “has struggled to implement an effective verification program.” Investigations by the Government Accountability Office and the VA inspector general have found widespread evidence of fraud in the contracting programs. The letter was signed by Senate Veterans Affairs Committee chair Patty Murray, D-WA; Maria Cantwell, D-WA; and Claire McCaskill, D-MO, chair of the subcommittee on contracting oversight. “These veteran-entrepreneurs continue to face red tape, delays and hurdles as they work to verify their businesses with CVE,” Murray said in a statement.