What Happened?
Washington, DC-based US Department of Veteran Affairs has announced the Resignation of Lorraine Landfried as Deputy Chief Information Officer
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was established on March 15, 1989, succeeding the Veterans Administration. It is responsible for providing federal benefits to veterans and their families. Headed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, VA is the second-largest of the Cabinet departments and operates nationwide programs for health care, financial assistance and burial benefits. Of the 22.2 million veterans currently alive, nearly three-quarters served during a war or an official period of conflict. About a quarter of the nation`s population is potentially eligible for VA benefits and services because they are veterans, family members or survivors of veterans. The responsibility to care for veterans, spouses, survivors and dependents can last a long time. Two children of Civil War veterans still draw VA benefits. About 184 children and widows of Spanish-American War veterans still receive VA compensation or pensions. VA`s fiscal year 2013 spending is projected to be approximately $140 billion, including almost $64 billion in discretionary resources and nearly $76.4 billion in mandatory funding. The discretionary budget request represents an increase of $2.7 billion, or nearly 4.5 percent, over the 2012 enacted level.
About the Person
Lorraine Landfried, acting Deputy Chief Information Officer (DCIO) for Product Development in the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Information and Technology (OI&T), oversees the development, enhancement and maintenance of 200+ enterprise class applications that support benefits and health care delivery, as well as the financial and administrative systems that serve VA and Veterans. She facilitates all IT development activities throughout the Department, including planning and oversight of the IT projects supporting the Secretary’s 16 Major Initiatives. Major accomplishments in this position include the realignment of the Office of Enterprise Development (OED) with the Secretary’s Initiatives, orchestrating the reorganization of OED to a competency-based Product Development organization, and overseeing the implementation of the Project Management Accountability System (PMAS). Ms. Landfried came to VA in 2009 from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Information and Technology, with 23 years of federal service. At CBP, Ms. Landfried served as the Executive Director of Enterprise Data Management and Engineering. Prior to her work with DHS, Ms. Landfried began her career in Information Technology with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, where she started as a computer programmer and advanced to system development and management positions. Her most notable promotion was to Software Development Manager for one of the largest development efforts in the agency, the replacement of the Trademark Reporting and Monitoring System. Ms. Landfried holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology from Southern Illinois University – Carbondale; a Master’s of Science in Operations Research and Management Science from George Mason University; and a Master’s Certificate in Project Management from George Washington University. She earned her Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute, DHS Level III Acquisition Management Certification, and ITIL v3 Foundations certification. She currently lives in Burke, Virginia, with her husband and two daughters
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