Jeff Miller

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VA Pays $200 Million For Nearly 1,000 Veterans’ Wrongful Deaths

Aaron Glantz | The Daily Beast | April 3, 2014

Since 9/11 almost 1,000 veterans have died due to negligence in the veterans health-care system. After lengthy legal battles the VA is finally making payments to their families.

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VA Releases Findings On Deaths, Injuries From Delayed Tests

Howard Altman | TBO: The Tampa Tribune | April 7, 2014

Three veterans died and nine others were injured as the result of delays in treatment for gastrointestinal cancers in the VA’s Sunshine Healthcare Network serving Florida, southern Georgia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, according to a much-anticipated VA report released Monday. The report also laid out corrective measures being taken to prevent similar problems in the future

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VA Says It Deferred 2012 Bonuses For Some Health Execs

Bob Brewin | Nextgov | May 8, 2013

Veterans Affairs Department spokesman Josh Taylor defended VA’s system of paying executive bonuses, telling Nextgov the payments are necessary to “attract and retain the best and brightest leaders.” Read More »

VA's Warren Given CIO Title As House Ramps Up Cyber Investigation

Jason Miller | Federal News Radio | October 30, 2013

The Veterans Affairs Department is splitting up its chief information officer's position for at least the short term. Read More »

VA, DoD EHR Project: Security Game Plan

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee | GovInfoSecurity | March 1, 2013

Although the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense are taking a new approach to building their long-awaited integrated electronic health record system, many key components of the data security strategy for the project will remain the same, says Roger Baker, the VA's outgoing CIO. Read More »

Veterans Affairs, Defense Depts. Spend Billions In Effort To Coordinate Records

Hannah Winston | The Center for Public Integrity | August 27, 2013

After two years and more than $1 billion spent, integrated health records system canceled Read More »

Why Obama's Mental-Health Initiatives Will Leave Many Troubled Vets Without Help

Eric Katz | National Journey | September 4, 2014

President Obama last week unveiled a series of measures to improve mental-health care for veterans, ranging from awareness campaigns to increased funding for brain chips to treat post-traumatic stress disorder.  Some advocates, however, do not believe Obama's efforts go far enough...

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ApacheCon 2020

Event Details
Type: 
Conference
Date: 
September 29, 2020 (All day) - October 1, 2020 (All day)

ApacheCon is the official global conference series of The Apache Software Foundation. Since 1998 ApacheCon has been drawing participants at all levels to explore "Tomorrow's Technology Today" across 350+ Apache projects and their diverse communities. ApacheCon showcases the latest developments in ubiquitous Apache projects and emerging innovations through hands-on sessions, keynotes, real-world case studies, trainings, hackathons, community events, and more. ApacheCon events in 2020 have been consolidated to ApacheCon@Home, a new, virtual conference that takes place online 29 September - 1 October 2020. Registration is free to all, with advance registration required.

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