In this op-ed, former VA CIO Scott Blackburn describes how the department regained public trust and how other agencies can do the same.

Gfrerer spent two decades in the Marine Corps and more recently served as an executive director in Ernst & Young, LLP's cybersecurity practice.

The Defense Department will roll out the new EHR at military health facilities in 2019, with plans to be fully operational by 2022.

But, he said, that will come with a brief pause to catch new leadership up to speed.

Camilo Sandoval has been a controversial figure.

Blackburn discusses how VA is positioning itself for the major governmentwide push to modernization.

He announced his resignation in a tweet with an accompanying letter calling his work with VA "the honor of my life."

The Partnership for Public Service has a blueprint for how federal agencies can smooth the path to IT modernization.

Scott Blackburn will take over as acting CIO effective this week.