{"id":227620,"date":"2026-06-08T03:25:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T07:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/va-cio-nominee-vows-to-create-program-management-office\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T03:25:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T07:25:26","slug":"va-cio-nominee-vows-to-create-program-management-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/va-cio-nominee-vows-to-create-program-management-office\/","title":{"rendered":"VA CIO nominee vows to create program management office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextgov.com\/people\/2026\/06\/va-cio-nominee-vows-create-program-management-office\/414014\/?oref=ng-homepage-river\">VA CIO nominee vows to create program management office<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextgov.com\/people\/2026\/06\/va-cio-nominee-vows-create-program-management-office\/414014\/?oref=ng-homepage-river\">https:\/\/www.nextgov.com\/people\/2026\/06\/va-cio-nominee-vows-create-program-management-office\/414014\/?oref=ng-homepage-river<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-05 17:33:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.nextgov.com\">www.nextgov.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s nominee for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) CIO, Gary Shatswell, addressed the Senate Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee underscoring the urgent need for transformative changes in the VA\u2019s IT operations. Shatswell, an existing VA employee with substantial private sector tech experience, indicated that organizational transformation and accountability would be top priorities if confirmed. He highlighted the need for a new program management office to better oversee modernization efforts, previously thwarted by lack of proper tooling and oversight. Shatswell emphasized the importance of developing an environment of transparency and agility to improve mission delivery and to serve veterans effectively. As the third nominee, he marked the first to face a committee hearing, and his past role as a senior advisor hinted at an administration strategy of leveraging internal experience for key roles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Points:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gary Shatswell, Trump\u2019s nominated VA CIO, committed to revolutionizing VA\u2019s technology operations emphasizing transparency and accountability.<\/li>\n<li>The VA\u2019s IT operations suffer from delays and cost overruns, making modern organizational changes crucial.<\/li>\n<li>Shatswell aims to establish a new program management office, absent from current VA IT operations, to better oversee IT efforts.<\/li>\n<li>He emphasized a culture of agility and transparency to boost operational efficiency and veteran services.<\/li>\n<li>Shatswell\u2019s appointment would continue the strategy of utilizing internal advisors with tech industry experience to fill pivotal VA roles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VA CIO nominee vows to create program management office https:\/\/www.nextgov.com\/people\/2026\/06\/va-cio-nominee-vows-create-program-management-office\/414014\/?oref=ng-homepage-river Publish Date: 2026-06-05 17:33:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":227621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.nextgov.com\/media\/img\/cd\/2026\/06\/05\/060526VANG\/open-graph.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227620"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227620"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227622,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227620\/revisions\/227622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}