Matt Rosendale

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

In today’s Federal Newscast: Two GOP lawmakers are looking to defund armed regulatory officers at certain federal agencies. The Office of Personnel Management…

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

AP/Charles Dharapak

FILE - This June 21, 2013, file photo, shows the seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. In a federal lawsuit filed this week, U.S. Navy veteran from South Carolina says he ended up with “full-blown AIDS,” because government health care workers never informed him of his positive test result in 1995. He says the test was done as part of standard lab tests at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Columbia, South Carolina. A V.A. spokeswoman says the agency typically does not comment on pending litigation. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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

Veterans Affairs

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

Veterans Affairs

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

Veterans Affairs

Congress fears VA is ‘moving on’ amid persistent EHR challenges, low employee morale at initial go-live site

Veterans Affairs

After underreporting billions, VA will launch new initiative to review EHR’s costs

Veterans Affairs

VA has had more acting CIOs than permanent ones since 2009

Dr. Neil Evans recently became the second acting chief information officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2021 and sixth in the last 11 years.

Reporter's Notebook

California Democrat Mark Takano is chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee

Lawmakers directing ire at VA over another struggling IT project

House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committee leadership want more information from VA leadership about its strategy to modernize its supply chain management…

Reporter's Notebook

VA will pause EHR deployments through at least 2021, department says

Veterans Affairs

The Department of Veterans Affairs will start from scratch on a new, independent lifecycle estimate for the electronic health record modernization project, an effort that could take another year to complete.