Once they get into the system they are happy with the service. Can you speak to the article that is just coming out today and whether or not you would be willing to do an oped piece because i think its important that veterans are not we are definitely headed in the right direction. Yes maam. I actually met with the comptroller general and we were talking about whether or not he should put va on the highrisk list. I encouraged him to and the reason i did that as we are a Health Care System and we are going through a large amount of change right now. During that time and the Organization Goes through a large amount of change we need to make sure that we have the appropriate oversight, the leadership as well as those responsible for it so while i think the va system is absolutely essential to american medicine we trained 70 of u. S. Doctors. We have developed innovations that are critical for american medicine, the first liver transplant, the first implantable pacemaker, nicotine patch an
Implementation to goad and exhort and encourage. I think thats really good. With respect to the whole subject, you are familiar with the document issued december 10. Yes, im familiar with it. I assume that you and your i. T. Expert let me not assume assume. Was that a helpful document in terms of laying out goals and objectives . Yes. You concur. It set the foundation for key initiatives going forward. And for example when it talks about we ought to approve funding of major i. T. Programs only when it meets three basic criteria. Right . Have a dedicated manager parnd a fully staffed integrated program team, use a modular approach with usable functionality delivered every six months. I think they mean by that, break up huge multiyear complex Systems Integration contracts so that theyre easier to manage. And thirdly, use specialized i. T. Acquisition professionals. Are those do you think those are three helpful criteria whether we are looking at issuing a major procurement . I did. Absol
Basically it relates to the activities counter by the activities or overseeing this by activities of another group so one group does not have full control over this or a process where this is being processed because they could potentially make undetected changes to the Software Processing data and we dont want that to happen. So developers in this case should be confined to a development environment. My understanding, my children will till you but i have no technological knowledge, but kind of like a submarine when there is a leak in one area you can close off that section and in another area where the leak occurs doesnt infect the other areas. Is that occurring now in the federal agencies with the situation . Yes, and several there are about 14 agencies that have weaknesses in segregation control. And they have an example that you highlighted that exude a sense and that is another Security Defense principle that agencies support layer upon layer of security controls in the event that
The patents but hardware, some 2,000 patents and trademark portfolio going to lenovo. First new phone to come out of the deal was moto x that came out last year. Has not been a big hit. Multiple price cuts. Meantime lenovo is on major acquisition spree, making this deal just days after buying ibms low server business. The deal does still need to be approved in the u. S. And china. Googles c. E. O. Said in a blog post, this will enable google to devote our energy to drive innovation across the android ecosystem for the benefit of smart phone users everywhere. On a side note, this does not signal a larger shift for our other hardware efforts. C. E. O. And founder of tech economy joins us from new york. And brad is here from us in the studio. Is google trying too hard to be apple . Yes and no. No in that the deal in 2012 primarily happened because of intellectual property. Tons of litigation, threatened litigation in the android world. They wanted the patents. And they wants to quell moto
Billion. It already sold the set top box business and will keep most of the peatants but hardware, some 2,000 patents and trademark portfolio going to lenovo. First new phone to come out of the deal was moto x that came out last year. Has not been a big hit. Multiple price cuts. Meantime lenovo is on major acquisition spree, making this deal just days after buying ibms low server business. The deal does still need to be approved in the u. S. And china. Googles c. E. O. Said in a blog post, this will enable google to devote our energy to drive innovation across the android ecosystem for the benefit of smart phone users everywhere. On a side note, this does not signal a larger shift for our other hardware efforts. E. O. And founder of tech economy joins us from new york. And brad is here from us in the studio. Is google trying too hard to be apple . Yes and no. No in that the deal in 2012 primarily happened because of interlech chull property. Tons of litigation, threatened litigation in