Secretary Shinseki Announces Next Steps in Technology Advancements to
Reduce Wasteful Spending and Increase Accountability
Initial 45 Projects Targeted for New Department-Wide Management System
WASHINGTON (July 17, 2009) - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
announced today that it will temporarily halt 45 information technology
projects which are either behind schedule or over budget. These
projects will be reviewed, and it will be determined whether these
projects should be continued.
"Leveraging the power of Information Technology to accelerate and
modernize the delivery of benefits and services to our nations Veterans
is essential to transforming VA to a 21st century organization that is
people-centric, results-driven and forward thinking," Secretary of
Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki said.
Secretary Shinseki ordered a review of the department's 300 IT projects
and implementation of the PMAS, designed to increase the department's
accountability for IT projects.
Each of the 45 projects will be temporarily halted. No further
development will occur and expenditures will be minimized. A new
project plan that meets the requirements of Program Management
Accountability System (PMAS) must be created by the project manager and
approved by VA's Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology
before resuming.
"VA has a responsibility to the American people, who are investing
millions of dollars in technology projects, to deliver quality results
that adhere to a budget and are delivered on time." Shinseki said.
"They need to have confidence that the dollars they are spending are
being effectively used to improve the lives of our Veterans."
PMAS is a management protocol that requires projects to establish
milestones to deliver new functionality to its customers. Failure to
meet set deadlines indicates a problem within the project. Under PMAS,
a third missed customer delivery milestone is cause for the project to
be halted and re-planned.
"Our goal is to increase our success rate for our systems development
projects," Roger W. Baker, VA's Assistant Secretary for Information and
Technology, said. "We will use every tool at our disposal to bring
about greater accountability and ensure that taxpayer dollars are being
spent wisely. PMAS and the IT Dashboard will be critical indicators of
whether our IT projects are on schedule and on budget, and if they are
not, we will take swift action to cut down on waste and redundancy."
PMAS, in conjunction with the analytical tools available through the IT
Dashboard, will ensure early identification and correction of
problematic IT projects. The IT Dashboard
, launched last month, is a one-stop clearinghouse of information,
allowing the American people to track federal information technology
initiatives and hold the government accountable for progress and
results.
Over the next year, all IT projects at VA will be required to move to
PMAS.
The Obama Administration has made management reform a key
government-wide priority. From IT accountability to personnel and
contracting reforms, the administration is committed to providing better
value, efficiency, and effectiveness for taxpayers' dollars.
Below is a complete list of all projects temporarily halted under PMAS
at this time:
o Scheduling Replacement
o Laboratory System Reeingeering Project (LSRP)
o Pharmacy Re-Engineering Pre .5
o Health Data Repository (HDR) II
o Pharmacy Re-Engineering Pre1.0
o HeVet Middleware Services
o Person Service Identity Management
o Administrative Data Repository (ADR)
o Document & Ancillary Imaging
o Clinical Data Service
o VA Learning Management
o Home Telehealth (HT) Development
o Occupational Health Record Keeping System (OHRS)
o Enrollment System Redesign (ESR) v4
o CHDR - Chemistry & Hematology: ADC Automation
o Clinical Flow Sheet - CLIO
o E-Gov: E-Training
o Barcode Expansion
o Delivery Service
o Organization Service
o Enrollment System Redesign (ESR) v3.1
o Health Data Repository (HDR) Data Warehouse
o Home Telehealth (HT) Infrastructure Enhancements
o Radiology Outside Reporting
o BCMA Inpatient Medication Request for SFG IRA
o Blood Bank - VBECS v1.0
o Prosthetics Enhancements
o VIC (Veterans Identification Card) Development
o Spinal Cord Injury & Disorders Outcomes v3.0
o Radiology HL7 Interface Update
o Ward Drug Dispensing Equipment (WDDE) Interface
o Lab Data Sharing & Interoperability (LDSI) - Anatomic
Pathology/Microbiology
o HBPC Medical Foster Home (MFH)
o eClaims Plus
o ASISTS Modification - Case Management
o National Teleradiology Program
o CAPRI Enhancements
o Master Patient Index
o RMS - Rights Management Server
o National Teleradiology Program
o Problem List Standardization
o Radiology Standardization
o LDSI Terminology Support
o Clinical/Health Data Repositories (CHDR) Phase II
o Fee Data and HERO
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