More likely they will cut development staff and contract out more IT development. Remember that VA is supposed to be taking care of Veterans, not writing code.
I firmly believe that the US Government is in the business of sending tax dollars to private companies rather than supporting the population at large. Just my humble experience from where I sit. Dewaine B. VISN 4 --- "Clemens, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gee, maybe VA IT staff will be forced to role up > their sleeves and do what > they do best-return to being a "software development > shop" instead of > contractors. Too bad that cut doesn't come out of > management's salary > budget. > > > John Clemens > IT Specialist, Software > IRMS > Veterans Affairs Medical Center (662) > 4150 Clement Street > San Francisco, CA 94121 > Phone: 415.221.4810 x4540 (Tu,Wed,Thu) > Digital Pager:415.303.0388 ( Mon,Fri) > Fax: 415.750.2177 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Nancy > Anthracite > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 8:24 AM > To: Hardhats > 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. > http://www.fcw.com/article88249 > -- > Nancy Anthracite > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read > honest & candid reviews > on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. > Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
