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NewsVA caps iOS device deployment, eyes BYOD
iOS device deployment at the Veterans Affairs Department remains limited even though the department has allowed iPads and iPhones since October 2011, said VA Chief Information Officer Roger Baker Read more...
VA reviews FOIA process after veteran record breach on Ancestry.com
The Veterans Affairs Department mistakenly exposed more than 2,200 veteran records containing names, birthdates and social security numbers when it responded to a Freedom of Information Act request Read more...
Audio: VA CIO Roger Baker's January IT report
Veterans Affairs Department Chief Information Officer Roger Baker spoke with reporters Jan. 25 about the department's recent data breach reports to Congress. Scroll down to the media player to listen Read more...
VA likely biased in favor of BAH, says IG
Veterans Affairs Department auditors say Booz Allen Hamilton was the recipient of potential bias toward an incumbent when the VA awarded it a $133 million contract in September 2010 for information Read more...
Omnibus trims top of VA IT budget
Veterans Affairs Department information technology spending this fiscal year would amount to $3.11 billion under an appropriations bill approved by the House and Senate. The bill, known as an omnibus Read more...
Levin: VA not afraid to 'pay for it'
A push by the Veterans Affairs Department to incorporate open source software into its electronic health record system isn't an attempt to avoid paying license fees to proprietary vendors, said Peter Read more...
Federal agencies struggle to define their cybersecurity workforce, finds GAO
Federal agencies with the largest information technology budgets do not know the size of their cybersecurity workforce because there is no cybersecurity occupational series, or even a standard set of Read more...
VA studies VistA refactoring
One of the first actions the Veterans Affairs Department has undertaken since launching in August a central body dubbed the "custodial agent" to oversee open source electronic health record projects Read more...
Audio: VA CIO Roger Baker's November IT report
Veterans Affairs Department Chief Information Officer Roger Baker spoke with reporters Nov. 23 about the department's monthly data breach report (.pdf). Scroll down to the media player to listen to Read more...
Obama: Agencies should restrict mobile devices
President Obama is set to sign Nov. 9 an executive order that will, among other things, restrict the number of information technology devices agencies can issue to federal employees, according to a Read more...
| Press ReleasesOver 500 Vets Hired at VA’s Hiring FairDC Event a Model for Programs across the Country WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- With the success of its recent “Hiring Fair” in Washington, which resulted in more than 500 tentative job offers for Read more >> VA’s Home Loan Program Continues to Lead Mortgage IndustryLow Foreclosure Rates and High Loan Volume Cap Successful Fiscal Year WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Home loans guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs continue to have the lowest serious Read more >> VA Providing Credit Monitoring to Misidentified VeteransJanuary 20, 2012 WASHINGTON - The Department of Veterans Affairs is offering free credit monitoring to more than 2,200 Veterans whose personal information, including social security numbers, was Read more >> VA Providing Credit Monitoring to Misidentified VeteransWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Department of Veterans Affairs is offering free credit monitoring to more than 2,200 Veterans whose personal information, including social security numbers, was Read more >> VA Deploying 20 New Mobile Vet CentersAdditions to Fleet Will Expand Veterans’ Access to VA Services Across U.S. COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Department of Veterans Affairs today deployed 20 additional Mobile Vet Centers from Read more >> |
