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Register for the webinar on April 10!
Sign up now for VAi2's Industry Innovation Competition webinar taking place Tuesday, April 10, from 11am–4pm EDT. We’ll cover this ...
The Industry Innovation Competitions are designed to give VA the opportunity to get the best thinking from the private sector to solve the Department's most pressing challenges. We're interested in solutions from all types of...

VAi2 launches 2012 Industry Innovation Competition
VA Innovation Initiative (VAi2) launched the 2012 "Industry Innovation Competition" today, inviting the private sector to design ...

VA's "Badges for Vets" Helps in job hunts youtube.com
From VA News Episode 492, Week of March 12, 2012 To watch the Full Episode with Closed Captions please view the video at...

2012 VA Innovations Challenge Now Open techamerica.org
by Jonah Czerwinski, Director, VA Innovation Iniative VA’s Innovation Initiative (VAi2) launched the 2012 Industry Innovation Competition today, challenging industry to design game-changing ways of solving some of the toughest...

President honors VETransfer as Champion of Change
As part of President Obama’s “Winning the Future” initiative, VAi2 2010 innovation VETransfer (www.VETransfer.org) will be honored as a ...
Valerie Jarrett Introduces the Champions of Change Series whitehouse.gov
Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to the President, introduces the Champions of Change series, featuring stories of Americans who are helping to win the future in their communities.

McKesson RelayHealth donates Blue Button prize to Wounded Warrior Project
RelayHealth has donated the $50,000 prize it received from the VAi2-sponsored “Blue Button for All Americans” contest to the Wounded ...
RelayHealth introduces a new financial solution to help physician practices of all sizes better manage their revenue cycle performance at the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) 2010 Annual Conference.

OSEHRA Announces First Board of Directors
OSEHRA, the open source EHR community established as a VAi2 special project, names its inaugural board of directors.
Submitted by Conrad Clyburn (419) March 5, 2012 - 8:41 GMT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 5, 2012 OSEHRA Announces First Board of Directors Open Source Software Organization Taps Industry, Government Experts Arlington, Virginia –...

VAi2 Announces Plans for 2012 Industry Innovation Competition
The 2012 VAi2 Industry Innovation Competition is slated to launch in March with a new set of topic areas geared toward improving ...
VAi2 - VA Innovation Initiative - Home Page www4.va.gov


McKesson’s RelayHealth has won the VAi2 Blue Button Contest
Veterans can download their own health data regardless of where they get their care through secure patient portals of 200,000 doctors ...
Blue Button for All Americans challenge.gov
VA ANNOUNCES WINNER OF "BLUE BUTTON FOR ALL AMERICANS CONTEST" WASHINGTON – RelayHealth, McKesson’s connectivity business, has been named the winner of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) “Blue Button for All Americans”...

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark hails recent VA innovation accomplishments, including VAi2 efforts like employee & industry ...
Big accomplishments at the Dept of Veterans Affairs craigconnects.org
Hey, in the last coupla years or so, the Department of Veterans Affairs has accomplished at lot. It's time for people of good will to give them credit. (Few others have, which kinda pisses me off.) What we're talking about is...

VHA Employee Innovation Competition Launched
VAi2 launches 2012 VHA Employee Innovation Competition seeking creative ideas from VA employees to improve health care for Veterans. ...
VA has the largest civilian workforce in the Federal Government, employing talented staff all across the country. With years of experience in the field providing care and services to Veterans, these employees represent a...

Government as a Catalyst: Prizes for Tech Innovation phaseonecg.com
At this year’s South by South West Interactive (SXSWi) conference, I’m pleased to be moderating a panel on the role of government and prizes in stimulating technology innovation and providing public services. Federal agencies...

VAi2 names finalists in Badges for Vets contest
Finalists are: The Manufacturing Institute, an affiliate of the National Association of Manufacturers; TopCoder, an international IT ...
A major university, the National Association of Manufacturers and an international software developer have been honored by the Department of Veterans Affairs for their contributions to a new digital badge program that will make...

VAi2 launches Project REACH for homeless Veterans
VAi2 is proud to launch Project REACH (Real-Time Electronic Access for Caregivers and the Homeless) with the Jon Bon Jovi Soul ...
Real-time Electronic Access for Caregivers and the Homeless (REACH).... reachthehomeless.challenge.gov
Real-time Electronic Access for Caregivers and the Homeless (REACH). Join the mobile app challenge to connect those in need to resources in their community.
