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Published: 2000

Total Pages: 35

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We will begin today by discussing VA's efforts to address our 1998 recommendations, especially those calling for institutionalizing a disciplined IT investment decision-making process, developing an overall business process improvement strategy to accomplish reengineering, and completing an integrated IT architecture. Next, as requested, we will discuss the status of VA's actions to develop and implement a Master Veteran Record: the Veterans Benefits Administration's (VBA) actions to modernize its information systems. also known as the Veterans Service Network, or VETSNET; and the Veterans Health Administration's (VHA) actions to implement its Decision Support System. Finally. we will discuss VA's steps to improve computer security across the department.