Veterans Affairs
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Edward Meagher, former deputy assistant secretary and deputy CIO at the Department of Veterans Affairs, says VA and DoD should take a "strategic pause" before implementing Cerner MHS.
April 05, 2021 -
In today's Newscast, the president wants to set aside $18 billion to repair and modernize VA facilities, and also invest $10 billion in other federal buildings.
April 01, 2021 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs on Friday announced steps it would take to comply with a January executive order from President Joe Biden. The agency's largest federal employee union called it a "step in the right direction."
March 29, 2021 -
If confirmed, Maryanne Donaghy would take over an accountability office that Congress, whistleblowers and the department's inspector general say has failed to live up to its original mission.
March 26, 2021 -
Despite several delays, Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough said he still believed the department could meet its $16 billion, 10-year plan to deploy a new electronic health record.
March 25, 2021 -
Medical practitioners at the Veterans Health Administration's Center of Excellence in Palo Alto are acting on the idea that encouraging veterans to share their traumatic brain injury stories can help.
March 25, 2021 -
The Veterans Benefits Administration said it can bring down its backlog of 212,000 pending disability claims to a more manageable level by the end of September.
March 23, 2021 -
An update on how the Veterans Benefits Administration is giving its employees opportunities from the executive director of the Office of Talent Management, Jeff Smith.
March 19, 2021 -
Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough said the department will launch a strategic review of the electronic health records modernization program, following an analysis of the agency's initial deployment at its first site last fall.
March 19, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Senate has passed legislation that would let VA vaccinate anyone who’s ever served in the military, plus their spouses.
March 18, 2021 -
VA pushing out about 150,000 help desk end users to their homes as the result of the pandemic was a feat which Lynette Sherrill in the Office of Information Technology’s said only a managed service provider could have spanned as quickly as it did.
March 16, 2021 -
A new bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to produce a single list of all ongoing IT projects at the agency, as well as a prioritized ranking of initiatives that are currently unfunded.
March 16, 2021 -
The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package gives federal employees access to a new bank of paid leave, which will allow them to recover from COVID-19 and care for sick family members, or children who are learning virtually from home. President Joe Biden signed the relief bill into law Thursday afternoon.
March 10, 2021 -
From a security perspective, the deployment of new equipment, software and virtualized technology to manage communications networks and carrying over some legacy systems are important.
March 10, 2021 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is juggling a multi-billion-dollar maintenance backlog and a growing need to completely recapitalize some of its aging facilities for a modern era.
March 09, 2021