Alarming story on medical records system of the US Veterans Affairs Department — billions (!) over budget, four people died.

An indicator for how hard government IT is. At the Dutch Advisory Council on IT Assessments it is our responsibility to neutrally identify risks and offer advice on improvement for such projects of the Dutch government, independent of politics at play.

- https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/21/the-vas-new-medical-records-system-has-gone-haywire-congress-is-alarmed-00107655
- https://avandeursen.com/2022/08/15/member-advisory-council-ict-assessments/

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