According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 16.6 million people experienced at least one incident of identity theft in 2012 resulting in a financial loss totaling $24.7 billion. VITA, along with Northrop Grumman, is co-hosting "Community Identity Protection Day" at our Chester facility on April 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bring your personal paper documents, unused computer hard drives and media to the destruction services we will have on site at 11751 Meadowville Lane. No state government data or assets will be destroyed. Batteries, flammables and binders/spiral notebooks will not be accepted. The event is free and open to the public.

Directions to CESC

Governor Terence R. McAuliffe has recognized the week of April 13-19, 2014, as Public Safety Telecommunicator Week in the Commonwealth of Virginia. National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week begins Sunday, April 13 and runs through Saturday, April 19. It is a week dedicated to thanking and honoring the men and women of our nation who wear the headset and provide an invaluable service as the First of the First Responders.

View the Governor's proclamation

The Health Information Technology Standards Advisory Committee (HITSAC) will hold a meeting on Thursday, April 17. The session will be held from 10:30 - 3:30 p.m. in room 1222 at the Commonwealth Enterprise Solutions Center (CESC), 11751 Meadowville Lane, Chester, VA. The meeting is open to the public and an opportunity for public input will be provided near the end of the meeting at approximately 3:00 p.m. 

View meeting materials