Are inventories of service contracts worthless?
Some agency officials worry that their inventories of service contracts will never be used for anything meaningful.
SAIC to provide variety of IT services to VA’s tech office
Science Applications International Corp. will provide a range of IT services to the Veterans Affairs Department under a three-year prime contract from the General Services Administration worth $10 million.
Dell to supply VA with $476M in PCs, services
Dell Corp. will provide the Veterans Affairs Department with PCs, technology and services at more than 1,200 VA sites nationwide under a four-year, $476 million contract that will include approximately 600,000 PCs and monitors.
Can VA spend $500M on new contracts in five months?
The clock is ticking for the VA as it tries to roll out the contracts needed to reach the next milestones on 16 major initiatives.
Looking for help from veterans (again)
FCW wants to know what you think of the VA's new Blue Button personal health record Web application.
VA moves forward on open-source health records
After more than a year of deliberation and consultation, the Veterans Affairs Department is moving on its strategy of developing an open-source electronic health record system.
Wisconsin lawmakers urge single vendor for VA, DOD health records upgrade
Five Wisconsin lawmakers are urging the VA and Defense departments to consider the benefits of a single vendor for an electronic health record system, according to a Nextgov report.
VA's IT management moves forward
Veterans Affairs Secretary Roger Baker reports on the progress the VA has made in transforming its IT management.
VA considers moving e-mail to the cloud
The Veterans Affairs Department is looking for vendors to help with e-mail, archive, backup and storage solutions in the cloud.
VA's RFI seeks open-source VistA development ecosystem
Veterans Affairs Department CIO Roger Baker discussed how the VA is exploring the creation of an open source development ecosystem to modernize its longstanding VistA Electronic Health Records System.
Who’s still in the hunt for VA’s $12B prize?
Interest is high on who made the cut to continue pursuing the Veterans Affairs Department's $12 billion IT modernization contract known as T4.
Data ownership question looms for cloud providers
Cloud computing requires an evolution in thinking on the part of agency managers and cloud providers on issues including acquisition and data ownership, a panel of CIOs representing defense and civilian agencies said.
VA moves forward with $12B acquisition
The huge IT opportunity moves to the next round of competition as VA informs bidders who made the cut and who didn't.
ICF International aids VA public contact programs
ICF International will provide a variety of consumer-related services to the Veterans Affairs Department under a new five-year, $10 million contract through High Performance Technologies Inc.
Two more vendors grab a piece of VA's $80M innovation competition
The Veterans Affairs Department announced a second round of winners for its industry innovation competition.
VA wants help modernizing health records system
The Veterans Affairs Department is taking steps toward developing an open source development program to modernize VistA
VA increases verification of veteran-owned businesses
VA takes on the potential for fraud by requiring companies provide documentation that they are veteran-owned small businesses before they can win set aside contracts.
CSC will upgrade VA’s financial software
Computer Sciences Corp. has been awarded a five-year task order valued at $33 million under the GSA Schedule 70 contract to provide IT services to the Veteran Affairs Department’s Financial Services Center.
VA pilot tests accelerating medical records processing
The VA is using a private firm in a demonstration project to see if it can reduce the time it takes to obtain veterans' medical records from non-VA doctors.
Tighter controls save VA more than $1B
While questioning some IT programs, VA Inspector General George Opfer said his office's efforts had resulted in $1.2 billion in savings, avoided costs and other monetary benefits.
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