Matt Rosendale

VA’s IT shop defends raises under Special Salary Rate amid planned budget cuts

The Department of Veterans Affairs’ IT shop is preparing for budget cuts across some of biggest priorities next year — but not for its growing workforce.

Hiring/Retention

VA puts AI use cases into ‘operational phase’ to meet its health care mission

Artificial Intelligence

A person accesses the Department of Veterans Affairs' EHR system on a laptop.

VA watchdog warns EHR issue puts 250,000 veterans at risk of medication mix-ups

IT Modernization

VA outlines fixes to VA.gov errors impacting benefits for more than 120,000 veterans

IT Modernization

VA IT officials say missed ‘error check’ delayed discovery of VA.gov issues

IT Modernization

Two GOP lawmakers look to defund armed regulatory officers at certain federal agencies

Federal Newscast

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House lawmakers concerned half of VA’s IT contracting dollars going to 10 companies

Contracting

VA renews EHR contract, sets higher penalties for performance metrics missed by vendor

IT Modernization

VA EHR leader calls for ‘accelerated delivery’ in fixes to pharmacy disruptions

IT Modernization

In this May 29, 2017 photo, Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Bost speaks to veterans at VFW Post 4183 in Belleville, Ill. Democrat Brendan Kelly is trying to retake a Southern Illinois House seat that Democrats held for more than 30 years before Bost won it in 2014. (Steve Nagy/Belleville News-Democrat, via AP)

‘The biggest problem every day’: House VA Committee chairman fed up with troubled EHR rollout

Veterans Affairs

Senate Democrats join calls for pause on new VA EHR rollouts until metrics improve

Veterans Affairs

House lawmakers pan VA EHR as ‘bad investment’ with upcoming $39B cost estimate

Rising costs estimated for the Veterans Affairs Department to fully migrate to its new Electronic Health Record (EHR) system are making the project a tough…

Veterans Affairs

VA secretary urges EHR rollout to continue, but ‘very concerned’ about system outages

The VA’s new Electronic Health Record is now running at a third location, although lawmakers remain concerned about future rollouts.

Veterans Affairs

House lawmakers seek VA EHR pause, ‘gravely concerned’ for patient safety

Veterans Affairs

System outages and patient safety concerns associated with the Department of Veterans Affairs’ new electronic health record have led to top members of the House VA Committee calling for the agency to stop future rollouts.