Department of Veterans Affairs
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The population of the nation's veterans has steadily grown more diverse — with respect to race and ethnic background — over the decades. And there are more women than ever.
June 09, 2023 -
While the federal contracting world was worrying about a giant but slow-moving contractor cybersecurity requirement from the Defense Department, Veterans Affairs went ahead with a doozy of its own.
June 08, 2023 -
The Veterans Benefits Administration is looking to accelerate its use of automation tools this summer, to keep pace with its workload and break new records on the number of claims it can process in a year.
June 07, 2023 -
As AI enters the mainstream across sectors in our society, it presents numerous opportunities to enhance healthcare outcomes, particularly for our veteran community.
June 06, 2023 -
In this exclusive webinar edition of Ask the CIO, host Jason Miller and his guest, Kurt DelBene, assistant secretary for information and technology and chief information officer with the Department of Veterans Affairs will dive into zero trust and the future of training and automation at the VA. In addition, Tom Roeh, director of systems engineering at ExtraHop will provide an industry perspective.
June 05, 2023 -
VA Chief of Staff Tanya Bradsher, President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve as deputy VA secretary, told the Senate VA Committee on Wednesday that the VA will only resume go-lives of the Oracle-Cerner EHR "when it is fully ready," and shows improvement at the five VA sites already using it.
May 31, 2023 -
The IRS is facing substantial cuts to funds meant to rebuild its workforce and modernize its legacy IT systems over the next decade, as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling and avoid a first-ever government default.
May 29, 2023 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is ramping up IT spending across several major projects, but those contracting dollars are increasingly concentrated amongst a handful of large companies.
May 26, 2023 -
VA Secretary Denis McDonough, in an all-staff email sent Wednesday, said the department will require employees with telework agreements in the National Capital Region to work a minimum of five days in the office each pay period.
May 24, 2023 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to spend the last of its COVID-19 emergency funding to support its day-to-day operations through the end of the fiscal year.
May 24, 2023 -
Chief human capital officers and other federal workforce leaders celebrated 20 years of the CHCO Council by reflecting on past successes and sharing plans to address current challenges for strategic human capital management.
May 23, 2023 -
The VA is setting a systemwide goal to have every network using at least half of PACT Act hiring authorities implemented by the end of the year.
May 22, 2023 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is rolling out a new pay model for its IT and cybersecurity employees later this year — whether or not a governmentwide effort to increase tech workers’ salaries moves forward.
May 19, 2023 -
The Defense Department program meant to help service members transition to civilian life needs to improve, and Congress wants more accountability.
May 19, 2023 -
Despite the Veterans Health Administration remaining on track to reach year-end targets to increase health care staff, problems persist in VHA’s recruitment and onboarding processes, the House Veterans Affairs Committee said.
May 17, 2023