Department of Veterans Affairs
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Veterans Day is the day set aside to thank and honor ALL those who served honorably in the military - in wartime or peacetime. VA Assistant Secretary Tammy Duckworth joins us with details.
November 11, 2010 -
The VA\'s VistA health IT system could be national model, said James Herbsleb, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University, in an interview with the DorobekINSIDER.
November 10, 2010 -
Agency CIO Baker said moving the electronic health system to open source would let VA to more easily and more quickly use software developed outside of the department. VA\'s decision comes after an industry panel recommended 10 ways to fix VistA.
November 10, 2010 -
The Washington Post reports on what the administration\'s top officials are doing to mark Veterans Day.
November 10, 2010 -
The Army will use an open source version of Veterans Affairs electronic health records system. The software will be installed at a 50-bed hospital in Baghdad.
November 09, 2010 -
The Office of Management and Budget chose four ideas out of 18,000 entries that will save the government money. The winner will get to meet President Obama and present their idea. Voting starts today.
November 08, 2010 -
Federal Times and the Washington Post report on a Merit Systems Protection Board ruling that the Federal Career Intern Program violates the rules to make vacancies public.
November 05, 2010 -
OPM hosted a standing-room only training session to help agencies understand what the Executive Order to hire more people with disabilities calls for. OPM is developing new tools including a database of potentially qualified applicants and online training to help agencies bring more people with disabilities into the government.
November 01, 2010 -
Federal CIO Kundra said an upcoming conference will help agencies share and find best practices for prioritizing data sets. Departments are struggling to meet stake holder demands for opening up data. Kundra said more and more these data sets are leading to third party applications.
October 26, 2010 -
This will be the first formal training program ever for Arlington National Cemetery employees.
October 21, 2010 -
The advocacy group Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America has published a congressional report card for 2010.
October 20, 2010 -
The Army and the Department of Veterans Affairs entered into a formal agreement that will allow workers at Arlington National Cemetery to enroll in the VA\'s National Cemetery Administration Training Center, according to a DoD release.
October 20, 2010 -
The Army and the Department of Veterans Affairs entered into a formal agreement that will allow workers at Arlington National Cemetery to enroll in the VA\'s National Cemetery Administration Training Center, according to a DoD release.
October 20, 2010 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is trying to solve the mystery of how the Pentagon\'s health information system mistakenly accessed a confidential treatment form in the VA\'s health record system. The mistake kept one veteran from returning to combat.
October 15, 2010 -
A Congressional Budget Office report estimates health care costs for veterans will rise 45 to 75 percent in the next decade, Army Times reports.
October 12, 2010