“… Committee members asked why VA had spent more than $200 million less than budgeted in 2018 as its 10-year estimate for the project jumped from $15.8 billion to $16.1 billion. Windom said the added cost reflected salaries of VA employees that weren’t included in a hurried first estimate.”
“VA scrubbed an initial plan to staff the EHR modernization office with 700 people, mostly contractors. The plan now is to have to 269 government employees and to draw more heavily on VHA and Office of Information and Technology expertise, Windom said…” Read the full article here.
Source: Many questions for VA, DoD at hearing – By Darius Tahir, November 15, 2018. POLITICO.
