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In light of two data breaches, VA CIO Roger Baker said employees are not following procedures to safeguard information.
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.
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.
This week, Roger Baker, Chief Information Officer at the Veterans Affairs Department, talks with host Jason Miller about turning around IT processes within the agency. September 30, 2010
Roger Baker, chief information officer for the Department of Veterans Affairs, how to balance cybersecurity and transparency.
The Veterans Affairs Department is facing a new challenge when it comes to cybersecurity: letting doctors access patient data outside the workplace. VA CIO Baker said a major policy change may be needed to ensure the agency is meeting the needs of its veterans and the doctors and nurses who serve them.
VA, SBA, EPA and HUD are the first to go through the review process and see dramatic changes. OMB controller Werfel said the goal for each agency is to invest only in top priorities, saving $1 billion a year by eliminating or reducing the size of agency modernization projects.
VA makes changes to education payments system
Seeking to enable a single, lifetime electronic health record, the Veterans Affairs Department adopted a 10-digit identifier to be used from enlistment to death. VA\'s CIO, Roger Baker, talks with WFED\'s Scott Carr.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has decided to scrap large portions of its $400 million FLITE financial management modernization program.
Veterans Affairs is looking for a virtual call center prototype.
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra says there are $27 billion in IT projects that are troubled. The administration will issue a new strategy to expand the use of TechStat review sessions. Agencies also are feeling the heat to review all IT projects before they submit their 2012 budgets to OMB.
The House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations brought in officials from the GAO, the VA IG\'s Office, and the VA itself.