James Gfrerer

Profiles in Excellence 2020/2021 “Federal CIO Achievements”

This program provides an overview of technology achievements in 2020.

Federal Executive Forum

VA’s latest IT project? A digital GI bill transformation

Veterans Affairs

VA CIO more confident than ever in IT modernization strategy

Federal Insights

TSA, AFGE agreement

TSA expected to soon offer early retirement to several workers

Federal Newscast

IT modernization

$1B in technical debt driving VA’s massive IT modernization efforts

Veterans Affairs

Getty Images/Veterans Affairs/Alex Wong

VA IG: Decentralization to blame for housing stipend, IT shortfalls

Veterans Affairs

AP/Charles Dharapak

VA’s legacy IT spend is going up, even as growing list of new projects call for tech upgrades

Veterans Affairs

LaVerne Council, former VA CIO

To be successful, new VA CIO must listen, do research and be humble

Reporter's Notebook

Johnny Isakson

Can VA’s new CIO, accountability director finally spark a long-awaited culture change?

Veterans Affairs

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2017, file photo, the Capitol in Washington at sunrise. Democrats hoping to use health care as an issue in the midterm elections will have to decide how they’ll do it. One strain that’s popular with liberals, pushing for government-financed health care, is causing a tactical divide. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

VA and DOD both bit; Congress asks, can they chew?

Tom Temin Commentary

Senate sets date for VA CIO nomination hearing, amid concerns of ‘rudderless’ EHR leadership

Veterans Affairs

James Gfrerer CIO

Trump to nominate retired Marine to be VA’s new CIO

President Donald Trump plans to nominate James Gfrerer to be the next assistant secretary for information and technology and CIO at VA.

Reporter's Notebook