September 28, 2012 | Mary Mosquera, Contributing Editor
HEALTH CARE IT NEWS
The “bring your own device” (BYOD) policy, however, will set limitations regarding data security on personal devices to protect veterans information, according to Roger Baker, VA CIO.
WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs expects to formally award a contract for mobile device manager software by Sept. 30. The technology will enable VA to ultimately support up to 100,000 devices and allow employees and clinicians to use their own devices.
VA has already awarded $500 million in IT contracts in September in order to get in under the fiscal year-end deadline, he said during a Sept. 26 briefing with reporters. VA external spending for IT in 2012 is between $2.3 billion to $2.5 billion.
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