The VA’s System Updates: Are There Concerns About Trust and Safety?
The VA’s ongoing system updates requires vigilant cybersecurity to preserve the trust and safety in serving veterans.
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Supporting Authors to Produce More Accessible Content for VA.gov
VA.gov was recently recognized for its hard work improving user accessibility. Since veterans are more likely to have visible and invisible disabilities than other demographics, enhanced accessibility was an especially worthy goal. Here’s what the VA did — and how.
Employee Engagement — No Matter Where
The VA is committed to designing and implementing practices that ensure employees are successful, supported and empowered to do their jobs well — regardless of location.
Empowering Frontline Employees to Lead a Culture of Innovation
“Imagine the raw power of 225,000 uniquely qualified individuals who are given the tools and permission to make a health care system better.”
Forced to Get Creative, Agencies Learn New Lessons
While agencies had more to do, the pressing and unique circumstances of this year had them moving boulders that had been blocking progress.
When the Pandemic Hit, VA Hit Back with Technology
To learn more about the VA’s pandemic response, we spoke with the director and a senior analyst of the Enterprise Cloud Solutions Office (ECSO) at VA.
Defying IT Clichés and Envisioning the Future
Often, trusted best practices like “start small” are repeated at government conferences like they’re the IT national anthem.
Lessons for Coping With the Present, Preparing for the New Normal
Millions of government employees have had to adjust, some in converting bedrooms into virtual offices and others in reporting to their jobs with masks and new six-foot distancing requirements.
How Can Agencies Increase Citizen Trust?
Citizens want to quickly access and trust the information they receive from agencies in times of emergency and tranquility.
How the VHA Does Human-Centered Innovation
The Veterans Health Administration is pairing success metrics with real-life outcomes–that is, the number of lives changed and saved, according to Dr. Ryan Vega, executive director of the VHA Innovation Ecosystem.