Stephen Warren is due to step down as the Department of Veterans Affairs‘ deputy chief information officer Aug. 28 to become the next CIO at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, FCW reported Thursday. Adam Mazmanian writes Warren has led VA’s information technology organization for almost two and …

Stephen Warren, chief information officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs, has said that VA saw a decline in number of malicious attempts to access the agency’s network over the past two months, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Jared Serbu writes Warren attributed the decrease to VA’s use of Einstein …

Stephen Warren, the Department of Veterans Affairs‘ chief information officer, said Thursday that VA intends to continue information technology security programs amid a looming $2.5 billion agency budget shortfall, FCW reported Thursday. “I don’t see there being any impact on what we’re doing from a cybersecurity standpoint,” Warren told reporters. …

Stephen Warren, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ chief information officer, has said the department is making progress on its cyber goals despite the deficiencies highlighted in a recent Inspector General audit, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Jason Miller writes the IG’s 16th Federal Information Security Management Act report found shortcomings …

The Department of Veterans Affairs is developing a new cloud strategy as it reconsiders the use of commercial cloud services for some applications, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Jason Miller writes that VA Chief Information Officer Stephen Warren said the strategy will guide the department’s path to using public clouds alongside its use of private …

Stephen Warren, chief information officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs, provided a summary of the agency’s proposed $4.1 billion budget for information technology programs at a press briefing Tuesday, Fedscoop reported Tuesday. Dan Verton writes the VA would use 55 percent of its 2016 IT funds to build infrastructure …

Stephen Warren, chief information officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs, has told the House Veterans Affairs Committee that the agency will put $60 million in additional funds towards information security, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday. Jason Miller reports that amount is on top of the current annual $160 million budget dedicated to …

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs could start to request bids from industry for a contract to update the agency’s patient scheduling platform within this week, Fedscoop reported Friday. Dan Verton writes VA seeks a commercial scheduling tool that can be integrated with the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology …

Stephen Warren, chief information officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs, said keeping the security of the agency’s information systems updated and resilient should remain a key priority for the government, GovInfoSecurity.com reported Monday. Marianne Kolbasuk McGee writes that a scenario where the public stops using online government systems and services over …

Stephen Warren, chief information officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs, has announced that the department expects to release a request for proposals for the patient scheduling system later this month. Warren says Tuesday that the VA will review industry feedback to the draft release to finalize the requirements documentation and shape the deployment plan for the scheduling …