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Baker to focus on results as VA's CIO
The former Commerce Department chief information officer also was a technology adviser on Obama's transition team.
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Obama names Baker to be VA's CIO
Roger Baker was a technology adviser to Obama's presidential transition team and a Commerce Department CIO during the Clinton administration.
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VA, DOD will share patient records
The two departments will meet a Sept. 30 deadline for single, interoperable electronic health record, said a senior interagency program official.
Modernization
VA will use existing technology for new GI bill benefits
An automated system to process veterans’ education benefits won’t become operational until late 2010, VA officials said.
Cybersecurity
Federal 100 winner: Jaren Doherty
Doherty, associate deputy assistant secretary for cybersecurity at the Veterans Affairs Department, has led an extensive, multifaceted computer security campaign that accomplished a tremendous amount in a matter of months.
Modernization
VA chief stresses leadership for e-records
Shinseki commits to single electronic health record system by September and moving disability claims to electronic processing.
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Auditors: DOD, VA need measures to track electronic health record progress
The departments plan to be able to fully share their health information by Sept. 30.
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VA agrees to pay $20M in laptop theft case
The theft of a VA laptop and its aftermath in 2006 led to national headlines and stronger computer and data security policies and processes across the government.
Cybersecurity
Bush appointees linked with company lobbying, report says
Fifteen former Cabinet-level officials in the Bush administration are now working for companies that lobby their former agencies, according to a report from a government watchdog group.
Digital Government
Electronic health record glitch put VA patients at risk
The House veterans affairs panel chairman ties poor management to problems with latest upgrade of the department’s EHR system.
Digital Government
VA: Technology helps monitor patients remotely
Technology provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs used to remotely monitor the health of patients with chronic conditions is successful at reducing hospitals stays, according to a VA-sponsored study.
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