Deputy Director of the Department of Defense/Department of Veterans Affairs Interagency Program Office (IPO)
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Stanley F. Lowe - Deputy Director of the Department of Defense/Department of Veterans Affairs Interagency Program Office (IPO) Stanley F. Lowe is the Deputy Director of the Department of Defense/Department of Veterans Affairs Interagency Program Office (IPO). Since joining the IPO in 2011, Mr. Lowe has worked, in concert with the IPO Director, to lead the DoD and VA in the development and implementation of Electronic Health Records and the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) Health systems, capabilities and initiatives that allow for full information interoperability between the departments to better serve Service members, Veterans and other eligible beneficiaries.
Mr. Lowe also currently serves as the Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology at the VA. The Office of Information and Technology (OI&T) provides strategy and technical direction, guidance, and policy to ensure efficient and effective operation of VA’s IT Management System to meet mission requirements of the Secretary, Under Secretaries, Assistant Secretaries, and other key officials.
Prior to joining VA, Mr. Lowe served as Chief Information Officer of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), joining as Deputy CIO for Management in 2006. Mr. Lowe’s public service record extends to the US Department of Interior in the Bureau of Land Management as Chief of the Information Security Policy and Training Branch (BLM). Prior to BLM, he served as the Security Director for the Inspector General of the U.S. Postal Service and held executive positions in several private companies. Mr. Lowe is a Navy Veteran, having served 10 years on active duty on various ships and stations around the world.
Mr. Lowe holds a Bachelors of Science from Strayer University and is currently pursuing a Masters in Public Administration from George Mason University. He has a Master’s Certificate in Management from the George Washington University in Washington, DC.