Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Coronavirus could further delay EIS telecom modernization ‘crucial’ to emergency response
The General Services Administration isn't pushing back contract award deadlines, yet.
IT remains high in Senate’s nearly $2 trillion rescue package, but less than House’s draft
The Senate's COVID-19 response bill offers a different and apparently smaller chunk of money to the federal government to meet its teleworking and IT challenges.
IT spending would go beyond OMB request under House’s emergency bill
The House measure arrived while Senate Democrats and the Trump administration were working on a different version of a massive package to boost the U.S. economy.
Surafeal Asgedom details VA’s IT modernization journey
In this exclusive video, Asgedom discusses how VA is focused on IT modernization and how it will impact the lives of veterans around the nation.
VA wants 180,000 new devices to support telework, telehealth during pandemic
The VA wants money for 100,000 laptops for teleworkers, 30,000 laptops for telehealth providers and 50,000 iPads for veterans to receive telehealthcare, FedScoop has learned.
New funds for telework, IT support are part of OMB’s coronavirus response request
Several agencies need tens of millions more in supplemental funding for teleworking technology, a letter from OMB shows.
