Engineering Excellence

VA Platform One is a driving force in VA’s Office of Information Technology modernization efforts through containerization and automation.

In what is being hailed as a historic agreement, the Cherokee Nation and Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System are opening a VA clinic inside the tribe's Vinita Health Center in early 2024, allowing for both tribal and non-tribal Veterans to be seen on tribal land.

OIT continues optimizing IT infrastructure to meet the needs of VA and the Veterans we serve, including implementing cloud initiatives for storage, computing, automation, and tiered storage, our continued cloud migration of key VA services will increase user access and product agility, from disaster recovery initiatives to improved telehealth capabilities.

VA makes incorporating robotic process automation into existing applications simple and easy, providing effective means for further IT modernization at VA.

Learn about the creation of the VA Lighthouse Program, how VA develops Lighthouse APIs, how developers can access and use, and how VA is keeping up digitally.

Our teams are working to maintain stable uptimes across the enterprise by reducing any outages to 52-minutes or less annually.

Wireless upgrades at VA cemeteries and staff offices ensure VA’s gravesite locator has up-to-date information.

Veteran emergency mental health services are now three digits away nationwide, thanks to the Office of Information and Technology.

Innovative IT specialists at VA employ application performance monitoring tools that improve automation and machine learning and strive for zero downtime.

NCA transitions to fiber optic network cables, by upgrading T1 cables to Metro-Ethernet, to provide outstanding customer service, memorial benefits, and better serve Veterans and their loved ones at NCA’s cemeteries and offices.

As part of a four-pronged infrastructure modernization effort, the Office of Information and Technology is teaming with the National Cemetery Administration to upgrade phone systems to provide better service to Veterans and their families.

The Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) COVID-19 Patient Manager rapidly processes large quantities of data to help frontline workers treat patients and save Veteran lives.