The exterior of the Veterans Affairs Hospital is seen November 10, 2003 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) VA watchdog finds former CISO retaliated against colleague for concerns over Splunk contract The agency’s whistleblower watchdog found that technology official Joseph Stenaka was punished unfairly on two occasions for protected disclosures. Jun 10, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones
Former CIO for INR on how agencies are leveraging data as a core asset Dominic Cussatt, former CIO for the Bureau of Intelligence and Research at the Dept. of State joins FedScoop at the Cloudera Government Forum 2022. Jun 7, 2022 By FedScoop Staff
Dominic Cussatt speaks on a panel at the Cloudera Government Forum 2022. (FedScoop) State Department IT leader: Real-time data streaming key to future of diplomacy Dominic Cussatt says streaming and new cloud platforms are helping staff access data faster than ever before. Apr 19, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones
(Getty Images) Biden nominates Kurt DelBene as chief information officer at VA The technology leader recently retired from Microsoft, where he led the company’s respone to the COVID-19 crisis. Nov 3, 2021 By John Hewitt Jones
Dominic Cussatt speaks May 22, 2018, at the Security Through Innovation Summit presented by McAfee and produced by FedScoop and CyberScoop. (FedScoop) Telehealth rates won’t fade after pandemic, VA CIO says Dominic Cussatt says the use of telehealth for veterans’ care, which flourished during the pandemic, will remain widespread at the VA. Aug 25, 2021 By Billy Mitchell
The exterior of the Veterans Affairs Hospital is seen November 10, 2003 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Lawmakers push back on VA’s plan to use ‘opaque’ fund for IT modernization Key members of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs don't want the VA using its Transformational Fund to supplement IT costs. Jul 1, 2021 By Jackson Barnett
(Getty Images) VA combatting shadow IT by having options ‘readily available’ “You have to give your customers options. If they don't feel like they're getting serviced properly from the central IT function, they'll go find their own way.… Jan 15, 2021 By Sara Wilson
Surafeal Asgedom speaks March 11, 2020, at the IT Modernization Summit presented by FedScoop. (Scoop News Group) VA prioritizes commercial products to modernize services The VA is taking a "buy first" approach to modernize its legacy systems in order to meet the needs of a new generation of veterans. Mar 12, 2020 By Jackson Barnett
Dominic Cussatt on security innovation at the VA Cussatt talks about his priorities as VA's CISO and more. Jun 5, 2018 By FedScoop Staff
Dominic Cussatt speaks May 22, 2018, at the Security Through Innovation Summit presented by McAfee and produced by FedScoop and CyberScoop. (FedScoop) VA leveraging cyber innovation on multiple fronts, CISO says VA CISO Dominic Cussatt said the agency is looking to tackle a range of new technology projects to continue to strengthen its cyber posture. May 22, 2018 By Carten Cordell