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VA accelerates IT modernization to handle more vets seeking care under PACT Act

The Department of Veterans Affairs is putting data and emerging technology at the forefront of a modernization agenda that’s ramping up under the PACT Act.

Veterans Affairs

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FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2020 file photo, visitors wearing mask to protect from the coronavirus walk past a 5G sign at the China Beijing International High Tech Expo in Beijing, China. A much-hyped network upgrade called “5G” means different things to different people. To industry proponents, it’s the next huge innovation in wireless internet. To the U.S. government, it’s the backbone technology of a future that America will wrestle with China to control. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

5G a chance for agency improvement — slowly but surely

Technology

After years of practice, VA says its innovation ecosystem was ready-made for the pandemic

Veterans Affairs

FILE-- This April 28, 2014 file photo shows the Phoenix VA Health Care Center in Phoenix. Sharon Helman, the former director of the Phoenix VA Health Care System, is suing the Department of Veterans Affairs to win her old job back. Helman argues in court papers that a key portion of a 2014 law passed in response to the wait-time scandal is unconstitutional and denies her right to appeal her firing. Attorney General Loretta Lynch says in a letter to Congress that the Justice Department has decided not to contest that element of Helmans challenge, essentially agreeing with her legal position. Lynch says Justice will continue fighting against Helman's reinstatement. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Innovation playing a larger role at Veterans Affairs

Veterans Affairs

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VA innovators see home-grown ideas spread far and wide across veterans health network

Veterans Affairs

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VHA harnessing employees’ ideas for Diffusion of Excellence

Federal Drive

How the VHA innovators network is ‘changing narrative’ of complacency

Veterans Affairs