Federal Daily - April 14, 2009

White House, VA Announce New Electronic Record Effort

The White House and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) last week announced that VA and DoD have taken the first steps in creating a Joint Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (JVLER), which will ease the transfer of health care information among agencies. Currently, there is no comprehensive system in place that allows for a streamlined transfer of health care records between DoD and VA, the White House said in a statement. Both departments will work together to define and build a system that will ultimately contain administrative and medical information from the day an individual enters military service throughout their military career, as well as after they leave the military, the White House said. JVLER is part of larger effort to improve technology to deliver services and benefits to vets.  To see more, go to: www.health.mil/Press/Release.aspx?ID=636.

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Magazine Names GAO IG ‘Hispanic Business Woman of the Year’

Frances Garcia, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) inspector general (IG), has been named “Hispanic Business Woman of the Year” by HispanicBusiness Magazine. The award, which each year honors a Hispanic women who has made a national impact, was announced in the April issue of the magazine. Garcia joined GAO in 1986. Prior to her appointment as IG, she served as director of the agency’s Office of Recruitment, where she was responsible for all of GAO’s nationwide recruiting efforts. Garcia also helped co-found the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting (ALPFA) in 1972, the magazine said. She later became the first female national president of the organization. Garcia, 67, is a certified public accountant, and a graduate of Midwestern State University in Texas. To see more, go to: www.hispanicbusiness.com.

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