A division within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) wasted $7.2 million buying computers and software licenses that it didn’t need while trying to become more secure, the Office of the Inspector General reported Tuesday.
The VA Office of Information and Technology “wasted about $7.2 million in VA funds” at centers that manage patient billing and insurance reimbursement “to purchase underutilized computers that also required Windows enterprise licenses to operate,” the IG report said. – READ MORE