The quote in the article from Steve Buyer must be distressing to anyone who remembers anything about the origins and development of VistA:
"Information technology at (the) VA is not centrally managed, and the results are poor service to veterans, inefficiency and wasted tax dollars," Indiana Republican Steve Buyer, the committee chairman, said in a written statement. My understanding is that overly centralized management of IT in the VA has (almost?) always been the biggest source of "poor service to veterans, inefficiency and wasted tax dollars". Has that changed or is this more of the same? >http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/822736131.html?MAC=995cfe7284bceb318e9a5098a997569e&did=822736131&FMT=FT&FMTS=FT&date=Apr+15%2C+2005&author=STEPHEN+NOHLGREN&printformat=&desc=VA+project+funding+hits+hurdle+in+House >-- >Nancy Anthracite --------------------------------------- Jim Self Systems Architect, Lead Developer VMTH Computer Services, UC Davis (http://www.vmth.ucdavis.edu/us/jaself) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: New Crystal Reports XI. Version 11 adds new functionality designed to reduce time involved in creating, integrating, and deploying reporting solutions. Free runtime info, new features, or free trial, at: http://www.businessobjects.com/devxi/728 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members