“Frustrated lawmakers took aim at the Department of Veterans Affairs’ handling of a troubled technology contract with Austin connections on Tuesday, demanding discipline for employees who might have bungled the $543 million contract and blasting the agency for its lack of transparency.”
“The 2012 contract, managed in part by Austin-based contracting officials, was supposed to allow the VA to digitally track hospital equipment to save money and keep unsterilized equipment out of operating rooms. But it has been beset by delays and accuracy problems, and the VA’s internal investigators recently concluded the department exercised poor oversight.”
“It’s the latest in a series of information technology blunders by the VA, and on Tuesday the House Committee on Veterans Affairs also probed the failed “Catamaran” project, a $275 million contract to manage hospital supplies using predictive analytics that was terminated in 2016…”
“Lawmakers repeatedly asked VA representatives about who inside the department had been held responsible for the contract problems…” Read the full article here.
Source: Lawmakers want answers on $543M tech contract bungled by the VA – By Jeremy Schwartz, May 8, 2018. American-Statesman.
