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Washington, DC-based US Department of Veteran Affairs Appointed Stephen Warren as Chief Information Officer
About the Company
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
Stephen Warren joined the Department of Veterans Affairs in May 2007 as the first Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of Information and Technology (PDAS/IT) and serves as the Deputy Chief Information Officer for the Department. In his role as PDAS, Stephen is the Chief Operating Officer of the $3.3 billion, 8,000 employee IT organization, overseeing the day-to-day activities of the IT organization to ensure VA’s employees have the IT tools and services needed to support our Nation’s Veterans. Stephen successfully led the consolidation of VA’s vast IT network into one of the largest consolidated IT organizations in the world. Stephen has over 30 years of federal experience. Previously, Stephen served as the CIO at the Federal Trade Commission, joining in December 2001. Among other accomplishments at the FTC, Stephen managed the successful implementation of the Commission’s National Do Not Call Registry in 2003. Prior to the FTC, Stephen served for ten years at the Department of Energy (DOE). His last position at DOE was as the Chief Information Officer for the Office of Environmental Management, a $6 billion per year program responsible for managing the cleanup of former nuclear weapon production sites. Before working at DOE, Stephen served for nine years on active duty in the Air Force where he was involved in a broad range of activities including: research in support of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), support for nuclear treaty monitoring efforts, and service in Korea as a transportation squadron section commander. Stephen is a 1982 graduate of the University of Michigan, where he received a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering. He received a M.S. in Systems Management from the Florida Institute of Technology. He is widely published on subjects involving nuclear facilities, radioactivity, and related issues. He is an accomplished speaker on a range of topics including information security, project management, and managing change. Stephen was recognized by Federal Computer Week as one of the Federal 100 award winners for 2012 and 2004. He received the Presidential Rank Award of Distinguished Executive in 2008. He is a recipient of the 2006 Government Information Security Leadership Award (GISLA). Stephen was awarded the 2004 Service to America Social Services Medal, as one of the managers of the FTC’s National Do Not Call registry. He led the IT team that received the 2004 AFFIRM (Association for Federal Information Resources Management) Leadership Award for Innovative Applications and one of five federal 2004 American Council for Technology Intergovernmental Solutions awards. He is a founding member of the CIO Executive Council, and a member of the CIO Executive Council Advisor Board.
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