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Lawmakers applaud VA on same-sex burial request

Sixteen Democratic senators are calling on the Veterans Affairs Department to keep granting waivers so that same-sex spouses can be buried in national cemeteries.

Tags: Eric Shinseki , DoD , Defense of Marriage Act

Tuesday - 03/05/2013, 04:22am EST

OSHA finds VA at fault for Calif. researcher death

Federal officials on Wednesday blamed unsafe working conditions and poor training for the death of a young Veterans Affairs medical center researcher in San Francisco who died after handling bacteria that causes meningitis.

Tags: OSHA ,

Thursday - 02/21/2013, 05:31am EST

VA CTO Peter Levin to leave agency

Peter Levin, the Veterans Affairs chief technology officer, is leaving the agency. He follows Roger Baker, the agency's CIO and assistant secretary in the Office of Information and Technology, who resigned last week.

Tags: Peter Levin , CTO , Roger Baker , health IT , Blue Button

Tuesday - 02/19/2013, 02:10pm EST

VA CIO Baker to resign

Roger Baker, VA's assistant secretary in the Office of Information and Technology, helped improve the agency's management of IT projects, implement mobile devices and continued to address cybersecurity.

Tags: Roger Baker , people , Jason Miller

Friday - 02/15/2013, 02:59pm EST

Beneficiaries claim VA's processing of GI Bill benefits still lackluster

The Department of Veterans Affairs' work to automate payments under the complicated Post-9/11 GI bill is coming to fruition. But schools and students complain about inability to track status of claims.

Tags: Congress , Post-9/11 GI Bill , Hayleigh Perez , Michael Dakduk , Kim Hall , Roger Baker , Robert Worley , House Veterans Affairs Committee , IRS , technology , Jared Serbu

Friday - 02/15/2013, 04:05am EST

DoD, VA accelerate schedule for integrated health record

The two departments are looking for "quick wins" in their integrated health-record strategy, aiming to bring the most important capabilities online three years early.

Tags: DoD , health IT , technology , Integrated Electronic Health Record , Eric Shinseki , Leon Panetta , Roger Baker , Jonathan Woodson , Elizabeth McGrath , Jared Serbu

Thursday - 02/07/2013, 11:21am EST

VA testing cash prizes to improve its health record system

The Department of Veterans Affairs is trying out a new system of contests to make upgrades to its electronic medical record system. The agency plans to award up to three prizes worth $3 million to vendors who create open-source based components to VistA.

Tags: technology , Roger Baker , VistA , VMBS , health IT , acquisition , Jared Serbu

Friday - 02/01/2013, 09:58am EST
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