Digital Government
Pentagon request for military health comes in flat for fiscal 2012
Military Health System would receive $1.423 billion for IT infrastructure, electronic health records and theater information medical systems.
Digital Government
New Defense-VA record tracks individuals from enlistment to grave
Veterans Affairs' fiscal 2012 budget request says Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record will provide unprecedented electronic connectivity.
Modernization
White House seeks increase in Defense space funding, decrease in communications
The administration's 2012 budget request includes funding for several new satellites.
Digital Government
VA pushes paperless benefits systems in 2012 budget
New Claims Transformation Plan aims to improve communications and provide more timely and accurate veterans services.
Digital Government
House to cut 2011 Veterans Affairs IT funds by $160 million
The 2011 continuing resolution sets the department's IT budget at $3.147 billion, 5.1 percent below the $3.307 billion VA requested.
Digital Government
VA's technology budget would remain flat under 2012 funding request
The proposed budget provides only a minimal growth over the $3.160 billion funding line that the Senate Appropriations Committee approved in December 2010 and a $14 million increase from the information technology budget that the House Appropriations Committee approved last Friday.
Digital Government
Obama seeks $7.2 billion for PTSD/TBI treatment
Defense and Veterans Affairs departments would hike spending on mental health for service members.
Digital Government
VA manager stole disabled vet data to create fraudulent tax returns
Woods, a data warehouse manager for VA, was charged in a January 2010 indictment with using the names and Social Security numbers of several individuals,
Digital Government