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VA's IT budget would increase under House and Senate bills
The House and Senate committees would fund VA IT systems at the same level as the White House budget request .
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
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
Senate approves full VA IT budget request
The Senate voted July 20 to approve the Veterans Affairs Department request for $3.16 billion to spend on information technology in the coming fiscal year. This places the Senate version of a bill to...
VLER health data sharing to expand
By September of this year, Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record, or VLER , web portals should allow veterans the ability to authorize the release of specific medical information held by the Veterans
DOD anticipates spending $23.58 billion this year on business systems
The Defense Department plans on spending $23.58 billion on information technology business systems during the current fiscal year, according to data from the deputy chief management officer....
House Appropriations reduces VA fiscal 2012 IT budget
Veterans Affairs Department spending on information technology would have to go down slightly next fiscal year if the House Appropriations Committee gets its way. The committee voted May 31 to send
Audio: VA CIO Roger Baker's February IT report
Veterans Affairs Department Chief Information Officer Roger Baker spoke with reporters Feb. 24 about the department's monthly data breach report (.pdf)--scroll down to listen to a full recording of
Roger Baker touts VA and DoD health IT commonality at budget hearing
The Veterans Affairs and Defense departments are weeks away from agreement on a common electronic health record, VA Chief Information Officer Roger Baker told a congressional panel Feb. 17. "I
GAO: Despite commonalities, DoD and VA lack health IT jointness
The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments continue to pursue individual health information technology systems rather than determine a common best approach, says a new Government Accountability
