INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: VA Actions Needed to Implement Critical Reforms

Abstract

We will begin today by discussing VA's efforts to address our 1998 recommendations, especially those calling for institutionalizing a disciplined IT investment decision-making process, developing an overall business process improvement strategy to accomplish reengineering, and completing an integrated IT architecture. Next, as requested, we will discuss the status of VA's actions to develop and implement a Master Veteran Record: the Veterans Benefits Administration's (VBA) actions to modernize its information systems. also known as the Veterans Service Network, or VETSNET; and the Veterans Health Administration's (VHA) actions to implement its Decision Support System. Finally. we will discuss VA's steps to improve computer security across the department.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA381267

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Business Administration
  • Business Process Reengineering
  • Capital Investments
  • Computers
  • Cybersecurity
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Electronic Mail
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Money
  • Organizational Structure
  • Procurement
  • Software Development

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Care for Military Service Members and Veterans with Limb Loss or Disability.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber