; and (II) if such a plan is already developed, the current implementation status of such plan. (vii) An assessment of different regional challenges in rural, suburban, and urban areas to recruit and retain the necessary capital asset workforce of the Department and steps to be taken by the Department in response to such challenges. (viii) With respect to the report published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on December 24, 2019, entitled Facilities Staffing Requirement for VHA-Resource Planning and Methodology for the Future — (I) a description of the recommendations from the report that have already implemented; (II) a plan and timeline to implement the recommendations from the report that have not already been implemented and the Secretary plans to implement