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Lawmakers, IG expose further vulnerabilities in VA's cybersecurity
The Veterans Affairs Department has been compromised by at least eight different nation state organizations that stole data from its systems, House lawmakers and other experts say. VA officials say there always are risks, but their computer security is better than ever before.
Tags: technology , VA , Mike Coffman , Tim Huelskamp , Jerry Davis , Linda Halliday , Mike Bowman , oversight , House Veterans Affairs Committee , cybersecurity , Jason Miller
Official describes rampant computer hacking at VA
Jerry Davis, who served as the VA's chief information security officer until February 2013, testified at a House subcommittee hearing that the VA became aware of the computer hacking in March 2010 and that attacks continue "to this very day."
Tags: Jerry Davis , VA , cybersecurity , hackers , cyber attacks ,
VA's security shortcuts put millions of veterans' data at risk, former VA cyber official alleges
The Veterans Affairs Department denies claims that systems or data are in danger. But Jerry Davis, the former deputy assistant secretary for information security in VA's Office of Information and Technology, asserts in documents that he was bullied into signing security certifications that were deficient as a condition of his departure from VA for a new job at NASA.
Tags: exclusive , technology , cybersecurity , management , VA , Jerry Davis , Roger Baker , Mike Michaud , House Veterans Affairs Committee , Senate Veterans Affairs Committee , Jason Miller , veterans , information security
VA pushes DoD to adopt VistA as starting point for electronic health record
Under a revised strategy for creating an interagency e-health record, VA will use its current system, VistA. The department believes DoD should adopt it too.
Tags: Veterans Affairs , Integrated Electronic Health Record , Elizabeth McGrath , Jared Serbu , DoD
VA solves project management woes through competency models
The agency puts employees in pools based on their expertise, and then the employees move from project to project based on the needs of that program. VA now is working on 60 percent more projects than under the previous approach.
November 10, 2011(Encore presentation December 22, 2011)
Tags: technology , Veterans Administration , Project management , PMAS , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller
VA gives the go ahead to its 'ruthless' IT reduction plans
The agency's task force detailed potential areas to cut the cost of technology in a 104-page report sent to the chief information officer this week. Stephen Warren, VA's principal deputy CIO, said the agency expects to save at least $50 million over the next year.
Tags: technology , contracting , VA , budget , IT spending , efficiency initiatives , Jason Miller
VA taking dual path to meet GI bill mandate
Agency developing two systems to meet Aug. 1 deadline and beyond
Tags: tech , VA , DoD , Navy , Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center , AFCEA , GI Bill , health IT
Veterans Affairs poised for new GI Bill
On August First, the Department of Veterans Affairs is expected to begin handing out the first benefits under terms of the so-called "post-9/11 GI Bill". The measure was signed into law late last year. A House subcommittee recently held an oversight hearing to determine whether the VA is ready for the new law to take effect.
Tags: technology , mngt , House Veterans Affairs Committee , Post-9/11 GI Bill , Keith Wilson
CIOs cite struggles with agile development
Agency chief information officers say the road to more agile acquisition and development of information technology has some speed bumps, including misaligned budgetary and acquisition cycles, and industry partners who are just as accustomed to the old way of doing things as the government is.
Tags: technology , industry , management , Vivek Kundra , OMB , IT management reforms , agile development , AFCEA , CBP , VA , DoD , Kenneth Ritchhart , Teri Takai , Jared Serbu
