Minutes before the Sept. 28 deadline, Veterans Affairs officials partially complied with a congressional subpoena seeking internal documents about cost overruns at the replacement hospital in Aurora, Colo. Project costs for the hospital are now at $1.68 billion.
VA officials turned over only 18 of the 71 requested transcripts and implored congressional leaders not to make public the interviews with VA project leaders, fearing future investigations would be hampered. VA Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson said the remaining transcripts would be released on a gradual basis.