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Now I understand why the IT department at smaller VA hospitals are wondering about their budgets. I work as the Lab Information Manager at a local VA hospital and have already had problems requesting new IT equipment to replace older models. How can one section of the VA be forcing new products such as VBECS (Vista Blood Bank) which will require it's own workstation, line printer and barcode printer and 2 servers (one will be redundant) on the VISN's and require that the money be taken off the top of the VISN's already meager budget? Congress does not appropriate new money for new projects but requires the VA to find the money for it anyway.
Another major project on the horizon is Data Standardization which will also chew up a large amount of the VISN's budget.
I more sentence and I will get off the "soapbox". The VA should be one big company that uses the "same" types of equipment at all VA's and everyone should have the amount of and proper
equipment needed to facilitate meeting the VA's Mission. If you want us to do something new, give us the money to do it......
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Date: 03/14/05 10:17:20
Subject: [Hardhats-members] House VA Committee is recommending a $400 million cut
Committee calls for VA tech cut
The House Veterans Affairs Committee is recommending a $400
million cut in the VA's proposed IT budget for 2006.
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Nancy Anthracite
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