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Republican lawmakers call for ouster of VA official who approved conferences
Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla.), the chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, and Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), the ranking member of the Senate committee, called on VA Secretary Eric Shinseki to fire his chief of staff, John Gingrich after an inspector general report said he failed to ask the right questions before approving two training conferences. The conferences costs $6.1 million, with as much as $762,000 in questionable spending.
Tags: Congress , House , Senate , John Gingrich , Eric Shinseki , oversight , Jeff Miller , Richard Burr , John Sepulveda
DoD bans entertainment, swag at conferences
No more motivational speakers, musicians or promotional swag. The Defense Department is banning entertainment-related expenses at its conferences, according to a new memo from Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter.
Tags: DoD , contracting , conference , Ashton Carter , Shakeup at GSA , Jolie Lee
Collins wants to know why VA conference planners received bonuses
In an Oct. 9 letter to VA Secretary Eric Shinskei, Sen. Susan Collins requested the agency disclose whether employees responsible for planning the two conferences held in Orlando, Fla., last summer, also worked on other conferences. In addition, Collins said she wants to know how much conference planners earned in bonuses and other awards for their work.
Tags: Congress , Senate , oversight , Susan Collins , Eric Shinseki , conference spending , Jack Moore
Failed leadership blamed for VA conference spending scandal
Two Veterans Affairs Department training conferences held last summer in Orlando, Fla., contained as much as $762,000 in wasteful spending and were plagued by poor planning and oversight, according to an inspector general report released Monday.
Tags: John Sepulveda , IG report , Eric Shinseki , oversight
Agencies ignoring billions in savings from strategic sourcing
Agencies are missing out on billions of dollars in savings by not using strategic-sourcing contracts, particularly when buying services, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. The report finds the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Veterans Affairs and Energy spent less than 5 percent of their combined acquisition budgets through strategic sourcing and saved less than $2 billion.
Tags: acquisition , strategic sourcing , contracting , DoD , GAO , DHS , Energy , OFPP , Darrell Issa , SmartBUY , federal strategic sourcing initiative , Jason Miller
VA awards contract for mobile device management, apps store
Procurement will start with management of 5,000 mobile devices, plus app stores for consumers inside and outside of VA. The agency awarded a three-year, $9.3 million deal to Longview International Technology Solutions to build and manage the technology in the cloud.
Tags: technology , Longview International Technology Solutions , Agilex Technologies , mobile computing , BYOD , Roger Baker , Jared Serbu , contracting , industry
VA CHCO resigns one day before IG releases conference spending report
John Sepulveda, the chief human capital officer at the Veterans Affairs Department, resigned Sunday. The agency's inspector general is expected to release a final report today on two human resources conferences last year that cost the department $5 million.
Tags: John Sepulveda , CHCO , people , conference , oversight , IG
DoD, VA's health IT efforts grow out of leadership, necessity
The agencies soon will issue solicitations that will take them one step closer to deploying integrated electronic health records for service members, veterans and their families. The departments have been working on the project for years but have only recently begun to demonstrate tangible progress.
Tags: DoD , electronic health records , health IT , technology , Ruben Gomez , Barclay Butler , Jeff Miller , Ed Meagher , Robert Wah , Obama Impact , House Veterans Affairs Committee , CSC , SRA , DoD Report , Federal Drive
VA's Blue Button now at 1 million users, aims at 100 million soon
Veterans Affairs PHR effort has already gone far beyond VA. After reaching 1 million users, originators of the project have set their sights on 100 million.
Tags: Blue Button , Peter Levin , Presidential Innovation Fellows program , health IT , Jared Serbu
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