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Information Technology: Update on VA Actions to Implement Critical Reforms

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date May 11, 2000
Report No. T-AIMD-00-74
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Summary:

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has proposed a $1.4 billion information technology program. GAO reported in 1998 that VA had not fully implemented key provisions of the Clinger-Cohen Act and related information technology reforms. This testimony discusses (1) VA's efforts to address GAO's 1998 recommendations, (2) VA's efforts to develop and implement a Master Veteran Record, (3) the Veterans Benefits Administration's actions to modernize its information systems, and (4) the Veterans Health Administration's actions to implement its Decision Support System. GAO also discusses the steps that VA has taken to improve computer security throughout the agency.

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