Veterans Affairs CIO Roger Baker Plans to Resign

Veterans Affairs Chief Information Officer Roger Baker said he plans to resign in an internal memo provided to Nextgov. In a memo sent to the VA information technology staff, Baker said, “My friends and colleagues in VA IT, this email is to announce that I am planning to resign from my position as the Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology in the near future. At this point, I have not established when my final day will be.”

Baker said, “Over the last four years, VA IT has come to be recognized as a leader in federal IT. We have improved our relationships with our IT customers; established one of the highest performing product delivery organizations in the world; achieved visibility to our networks and medical devices; focused our decision-making based on metrics and not by anecdotes; and become an IT organization that is seen as an investment for the VA rather than an expense.”

He added, “Most critically, VA IT has become the backbone for the transformation of the VA into a 21st Century organization that the Secretary has envisioned. Your ability to deliver the technology necessary to support that transformation and to reliably meet our commitments to our customers is fundamental to that transformation.”...