“The Trump Administration recently celebrated the first anniversary of the President’s Management Agenda to modernize government — by highlighting VA.gov, the new simplified and consolidated website that provides Veterans with a much-improved experience to find and access the benefits and services they deserve…”
“Yet, the recently released President’s 2020 Budget more than halves the budget of the tech team that helped rebuild VA.gov — the U.S. Digital Service (USDS). The President’s budget calls for just $7.5 million in fiscal year 2020 for USDS, down from a $16.5 million budget in fiscal year 2019…”
“It’s not just the VA.gov project that is showing results…” Read the full article here.
Source: Congress should grow the Digital Services budget, which more than pays for itself – By Nick Sinai, May 17, 2019. The Hill.