Department of Veterans Affairs
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The American Legion\'s Joseph Sharpe explains why vets continue to struggle to find work as the nation\'s overall jobless rate declines.
February 07, 2011 -
Operation Jump Start is an amazing program that helps soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan transition to civilian careers. So how can you get involved? Ed Meagher, VP of Healthcare Strategy for CSC, explains how…
February 07, 2011 -
More than 20,000 veterans, active-duty troops and reservists lost their homes last year.
February 04, 2011 -
GAO says neither department has any particular plans, goals, or timeframes for creating a joint system.
February 03, 2011 -
When compared to private sector plans, VA\'s findings showed higher quality marks for VA health care. We learn about the data used to come to that conclusion from the VA\'s Dr. Robert Petzel.
February 02, 2011 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs said Monday that a new automated system has cut the backlog of education benefit claims under the new Post-9/11 GI bill and sped up the process of delivering payments to students. VA is using an agile technology development approach to make changes easier and faster.
February 01, 2011 -
Caring for the families of military personnel requires a coordinated approach across the federal government, President Obama said Monday. He said agencies have made 50 separate commitments to coordinate programs designed to assist the loved ones of servicemembers.
January 25, 2011 -
Part of \"The Need for the Next Generation\" special report, the VA Acquisition Academy\'s internship program develops future contracting professionals through rigorous classes, job rotations and leadership development.
January 24, 2011 -
The Veterans Affairs Department is immediately shutting down one its cloud applications after information was stored without proper data security controls. The cloud application was on a Yahoo website that VA doctors used to store patients’ medical information. According to a VA report, notifications of a possible security breach will be sent to nearly 900 [...]
January 12, 2011 -
Dick Gregg, Fiscal Assistant Secretary at Treasury, joins the Federal Drive with details on the Treasury\'s move to paper-less benefits
January 03, 2011 -
The Post reports that a draft executive order will kill the 10-year-old FCIP in March.
December 27, 2010 -
The agency is using service level agreements to help ensure hiring managers are involved in all parts of the process. VA cut the amount of time it takes to hire a new employee by 20 days. VA hopes to get the average time down below the governmentwide goal of 80 days in 2011.
December 27, 2010 -
Cloud computing began to take center stage in the federal IT community during the last few months of 2010. And Ed Meagher thinks that trend will continue in 2011. Meagher is the former deputy chief information officer at the Veterans Affairs Department and the Interior Department. He’s now vice president of health care strategy at [...]
December 26, 2010 -
Assistant secretary Baker said he can\'t let doctors store veterans\' data on unsecured systems in the cloud. But Baker said he wants to figure out how to solve this problem because the ability to access data anywhere, anytime is necessary. VA shutdown facilities usage of common commercial cloud applications.
December 23, 2010 -
The Veterans Affairs Department continues to find rogue instances of data storage on unapproved systems in the cloud. Roger Baker, VA’s assistant secretary in the Office of Information and Technology and chief information officer, said…
December 22, 2010