Baker: No increase in VA IT spend in fiscal 2012

The Veterans Affairs Department will likely not request additional information technology funding for fiscal 2012, its chief information officer told a Senate panel Oct. 6.  The  VA is the only cabinet department in which the CIO has authority over the entire department's IT spend--approximately $3.3 billion in fiscal 2010, which ended on Sept. 30. The department requested a similar amount for fiscal 2011, but Congress has yet to approve any federal agency spending bill and is keeping the government funds only via a continuing resolution.