VA puts security tasks in the right hands

One of the big issues that led to the recent security incident at the Department of Veterans Affairs was that security management and oversight was fragmented and not really any one person's domain. That's exactly why the VA is now pushing authority of security policies, programs and processes directly into the agency's CIO's hands. It's a huge administrative step that should help secure technology efforts going ahead as such responsibility used to require the sign-off from several administrative leaders within the agency. It's the department's first step toward centralizing its fractured tech organization.

For more the tech revamp at the Veterans agency:
- read this article at Government Computer News