The Department of Veterans Affairs has reached the final stretch of what’s been a long effort to employ technology that allows private hospitals access to veterans’ medical records that can be used to evaluate health history and deliver better care.
The move is one of many within the VA as it strives to overhaul its image and provide the best care for America’s veterans and protect the security of their records. Keep reading →
COMMENTARY: Nearly three million men and women have volunteered to serve in our armed forces since the attacks of September 11, 2001. These soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and coast guardsmen left their families and risked their lives to fight for our freedoms overseas. They should not have to fight for a job when they come home.
That is why the president has championed the American Jobs Act, and why the Congress should pass his plan with urgent speed. It will help our veterans, who are just back from war, find a job. And it will give strength and stability to American families and communities. Keep reading →
The Veterans Affairs Department is expected to launch a test program next week that would permit as many as 1,000 VA employees to use mobile smartphone and tablet devices to access the VA’s information network, according to comments made by VA’s Roger Baker, reported by Federal News Radio.
Baker, VA’s assistant secretary for information technology and chief information officer, explained that employees will have to demonstrate a genuine business need for the mobile devices. Keep reading →
If you could improve your agency’s bottom line and reduce your IT infrastructure costs, all without sacrificing mission-critical capabilities, where would you start?
Ideally, you’d like to know where you’re getting the best performance from your IT investment, along with knowledge about over-use and under-use so you’d know where to make cuts, and whether you might be able to consolidate some operations to save money. Keep reading →
Steven Pirzchalski is a very popular guy these days.
As director of enterprise telecommunications for the Department of Veterans Affairs, he’s the VA’s IPv6 lead person on transitioning the agency to the new version of Internet protocol. He’s also the point person to answer every question other agencies have about the transition, a role the Office of Management and Budget gave him three months ago. Keep reading →