Forcing the Country to Sacrifice, Finally, and bring the VA into the 21st century, despite what the people and especially the a certain political party reps, as they seem to only find they represent vets around an election, theirs, want! Should have happened loooong ago but especially as the drums were beat for two more occupations of choice!
VA set to spend billions on IT
July 31, 2010 Veterans Administration contracts will cover a full range of IT services, and the agency is also hiring IT workers.
The U.S. Veterans Administration is making upward of $12 billion in IT contracts available to businesses over the next five years, as part of an effort to modernize its operations.
The VA spends about $3.5 billion annually in IT, a figure that Input, a government market research, estimates is increasing at 10% annually as demand for veterans' services increases, said Kevin Plexico, an analyst at the Reston, Va.-based firm.
The VA has changed how it acquires technology, creating a program called Transformation Twenty-One total Technology or T-4 for short. Previously, the VA would acquire much of technology through blanket contracts that General Services Administration negotiated with tech vendors.
But with T4, the VA is shifting to its own purchasing and creating a one-stop shop. It is doing this to gain more control more control over vendor selection and management, said Plexico. Continued
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