“With numerous past Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) IT modernization efforts falling short and attracting scrutiny, the head of the department told lawmakers that VA is fully embracing the cloud during a Senate Veterans Affairs hearing today.”
“What we are doing… is we are beginning to migrate our legacy systems out and bring the VA in line with the rest of America through the cloud,” said Robert Wilkie, secretary of the VA. “We now have 8,000 employees who are dedicated simply to that transition…”
“I told you eight months ago that the overall condition of VA’s IT system was bad. As a result of that, this committee is looking at… a massive increase in our budget–$4.2 billion I believe,” Wilkie said…”
Source: Migration to Cloud is the ‘Wave of the Future,’ Says VA Secretary – March 26, 2019. MeriTalk.
