• Overall – Merge Volume V, Chapters 8,8a,8b into one Chapter 8, Inventories, Supplies, and Materials
• Section 0801 Overview
  • Added paragraph on controls of operating supplies. Where necessary added headers for the three being discussed.
  • Updated footnote with VHA policy reference to cache procedures.
• Section 0803 Authority and References – Updated references and hyperlinks.
• Section 0804 Roles and Responsibilities – Updated sections for VA CFO and OAL
• Section 080501 – Changed wording for clarity when items are sold or services provided.
• Section 080504 – Added VA will rely on OAL for managing operating supplies and removed the detail procedures for categorizing operating materials. Added footnote referencing VHA Handbook 1761.02.
• Section 080506 – Removed reference to old policy. Added parenthetical (current costs) for clarity in A4.
• Section 080508 – Added a reference to VA Office of Public Health for stockpile policy and Emergency Pharmacy Service for inventory control of stockpile materials.
• Sections 080511 and 080512 – Moved detailed procedures for stockpile held for sale and transactions to Appendix A, and renumbered remaining paragraphs. In new 080511, added reference to Appendix A.
• Section 080605 – Replaced discard with appropriate dispose in definition.
• Section 0807 Recessions – Updated rescissions section
• Section 0808 Questions – Updated VHA address
• Section 0809 Revisions – Section added
• Appendix A – Added Appendix for Accounting for Stockpiles and updated policy reference for accounting for declared emergencies.