It has been nearly 60 years since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last worked on constructing a major veterans' hospital, but the agency may be coming back to that line of work.
For months, the Dept. of Veterans Affairs has been hit by strong Capitol Hill criticism for poor management of big hospital projects. Now, the VA is considering the possibility of transferring that part of its construction program to the Corps, says VA Deputy Secretary Sloan D. Gibson.