“With over 28 years of Marine Corps service to his credit, Department of Veterans Affairs Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology and Chief Information Officer James Gfrerer has a personal stake in the agency’s ability to meet its mission.”
“It’s a vast mission, encompassing the Veterans Benefits, Veterans Health and National Cemetery administrations. With some 8,000 employees, the Office of Information and Technology leverages an average budget of nearly $5 billion to execute the enterprise IT strategy, transform the business, operate the network infrastructure and secure all applications and systems. All of this to support the second largest federal agency, with over $100 billion of discretionary spend, over 400,000 employees, nearly 2,000 facilities, supporting over 9.5 million enrolled veterans.”
“WashingtonExec talked with Gfrerer to get more insight into OIT’s work and priorities, how VA modernizes and how industry can help support those efforts…” Read the full article here.
Source: For Veterans Affairs CIO James Gfrerer, ‘Technology is a Tool, a Pathway’ for Transformation – By Adam Stone, September 28, 2020. Washington Executive.
