• OIT Achieving “Big Hairy Audacious Goals” with OKRs

     June 9, 2023

    OIT Achieving “Big Hairy Audacious Goals” with OKRs

    We intend to become the best IT organization in government. We’ll do it by putting the customer first, delivering high-quality products, and focusing relentlessly on operational excellence. With our OKRs, we’ve identified the principal tool we’ll use to realize this audacious goal.

  • VA’s API Platform: Seamless and Secure Access to VA Data for Veterans, Their Families, and Advocates

     May 31, 2023

    VA’s API Platform: Seamless and Secure Access to VA Data for Veterans, Their Families, and Advocates

    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.

  • Driving Engineering Excellence through Reliability and Availability

     May 30, 2023

    Driving Engineering Excellence through Reliability and Availability

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

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  • Call Me Ishmael – All About Whaling Scams

     March 29, 2022

    Call Me Ishmael – All About Whaling Scams

    Learn more about “whaling,” highly targeted phishing attacks that are aimed at senior executives of organizations like VA.

  • Personal Connection: How Nurse Practitioners and IT Experts Met Soaring Telehealth Demand

     March 23, 2022

    Personal Connection: How Nurse Practitioners and IT Experts Met Soaring Telehealth Demand

    Nurse practitioners across VA partner with IT Specialists to successfully deliver vital health care services to Veterans and families nationwide.

  • Ready to Go: New Tool Helps Make the Most of Appointments  

     Feb. 28, 2022

    Ready to Go: New Tool Helps Make the Most of Appointments  

    The eScreening tool allows Veterans to complete clinical screenings from any connected device.

  • Saving Lives Nationwide – COVID-19 Patient Manager

     Feb. 16, 2022

    Saving Lives Nationwide – COVID-19 Patient Manager

    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.

  • Access VA on the Go with VA’s Mobile App

     Feb. 14, 2022

    Access VA on the Go with VA’s Mobile App

    Get the most from your benefits — right from your phone — with the new app from Veterans Affairs.

  • What Do Café Au Lait, Kindness, and Governance Have in Common?

     Feb. 14, 2022

    What Do Café Au Lait, Kindness, and Governance Have in Common?

    February 17 is Global Information Governance Day, Café au Lait Day, and Random Act of Kindness Day. Learn about how IT Governance is driving VA’s digital transformation efforts to better serve Veterans.