Department of Veterans Affairs
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The White House today launched the 2011 version of the SAVE award. Employees can submit ideas starting through July 29. Over the past two years, feds offered more than 56,000 potential money-saving ideas.
July 14, 2011 -
Your agency is getting some help when it comes to future open source collaboration projects.
July 12, 2011 -
Lawmakers continue to work on legislation that will guarantee veterans attending private colleges will have the same tuition payouts until they graduate.
July 06, 2011 -
The Veterans Affairs Department is sending out $430,000 to nearly 200 family caregivers of veterans.
July 05, 2011 -
The latest news affecting federal workers and government contractors. Find out what you need to know to start your day.
July 05, 2011 -
The agency will buy a broad range of technology services from eight large and seven veteran-owned small businesses under the T4 contract. The deal is a multiple-award IDIQ contract that will last five years.
July 01, 2011 -
In Debra Filippi\'s 34 years of work in the federal government she served as the Director of the DoD/VA Interagency program office.
July 01, 2011 -
Agency CIO Roger Baker said he plans to let employees use mobile devices on the VA network starting in fiscal 2012. He\'s leaning toward the bring-your-own-device approach, but details still need to be finalized. Baker said VA also will update its mobile computing policy.
June 30, 2011 -
The National Resource Directory is allowing agencies to share information with members of the military. Koby Langley from DoD tells Federal News Radio how the collaboration works.
June 30, 2011 -
Jan Frye, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Acquisition and Logistics, Department of Veterans Affairs, discusses the VA\'s key procurement initiatives. June 28, 2011(Encore presentation August 9, 2011)
June 28, 2011 -
OPM Director John Berry said the administration is trying to be \"responsible and professional\" when it comes to changing the bonus and pay structure. He said agencies should take a step back and make sure they are using these programs effectively and promoting the best employees.
June 16, 2011 -
Tammy Duckworth submitted her resignation from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
June 13, 2011 -
Agency officials will meet in June to approve the rollout of the first piece of an integrated and interoperable electronic health record for soldiers and veterans. VA and DoD also are creating a centralized database that will be located in DISA\'s data centers.
May 31, 2011 -
The Defense Department and Veteran\'s Affairs have chosen its \"mainline\" interface for their joint e-health record.
May 31, 2011 -
GAO found many agencies will fall short of the June 30 deadline to determine if they are using service contractors appropriately.
May 27, 2011