Find out how the new administration plans on prioritizing modernization efforts at the Department of Veterans Affairs as Market Intelligence Consultant, Chris Wiedemann shares technology trends and strategic initiatives essential to your FY17 territory plan.

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IT Sales Opportunities at
the VA – Everything You
Need to Know but Were
Afraid to Ask
March 7, 2017

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VA OI&T Organization
DCIO Account
Manager for
Health
Architecture,
Strategy &
Design
CFO / IT
Resource
Management
Chief
Information
Security
Office
IT
Operations
and
Services
DCIO Account
Manager for
Enterprise
Portfolio
DCIO Account
Manager for
Benefits and
Veteran
Experience
Strategic
Sourcing
Assistant
Secretary for
Information &
Technology
Enterprise
Program
Management
Office
Cyber Security
Strategy
Field Security
Service
Security Operations
Field Operations
Systems
Engineering
Enterprise
Operations
Application Support
Enterprise Project
Management
Application
Management
Lean Systems
Engineering
Acquisition
Strategy and
Vendor
Relationships
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VA OI&T Transformation
• 5 new functions added:
– Enterprise Program Management
Office (EPMO)
– IT Account Management
– Strategic Sourcing
– Quality and Compliance
– Data Management Organization
(DMO)
• 3 specialized functions:
– Enterprise Cybersecurity Strategy
Team
– IT Strategic Communication
– Employee Engagement Task Force
• Alignment with MyVA initiative
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OI&T Program & Portfolio Management Changes
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• EPMO drives Veteran-focused
Integrated Process (VIP) for
development programs
– Three-month delivery cycle
– Cybersecurity and architecture
standards incorporated in early project
planning
• New enterprise governance
boards driving change
management, helping weather
leadership changes
• Adopting Activity-Based Costing
(ABC) to drive more granular
understanding of tech spend

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OI&T Cybersecurity Transformation
• Implementing application whitelisting processes to
ensure no unauthorized applications on the
network
• Developing Configuration Management Database
(CMDB) to standardize change management
• End goal to sunset ECST as a strategic priority and
replace with 8 cybersecurity domains:
– Medical Cyber
– Governance
– Application & Software Development
– Cybersecurity Training & Human Capital
– Access Control, Identification, and Authentication
– Operations, Telecommunications, and Network Security
– Security Architecture
– Privacy
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Continued Innovation at OI&T
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• Carrying out recently-finalized acquisition
strategy for Digital Health Platform (DHP),
evolution of VistA strategy
– Cloud-based platform integrating a range of data
– Cuts across all VA organizations
– API-driven data integration
– Single CRM system
• Added focus on cloud migration following
award of Enterprise Cloud Service Broker
(ECSB) contract
– MyHealthe-Vet successfully migrated
• Field operations aligned to MyVA district
model for improved service
*Image source: VA OI&T Transformation in
Action Year End Review

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