Kat Wood

• Data
• Health IT

A new automated data analytics program is crucial for the early detection of signals and predications for regulated chemicals that may pose highly hazardous health risks at the Food and Drug Administration.

• Cloud
• Data

As data becomes increasingly valuable, federal agencies are prioritizing data but struggling to manage it.

Thought leaders within and adjacent to federal agencies are endeavoring to bring a product management approach to government IT, according to key representatives from the U.S. Digital Service and Georgetown University.

• Cloud

The United States Marshals Service is seeing great return on its investment for modernizing various technology systems with an agile framework and a user-centered approach, according to CIO Karl Mathias.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is focusing on broad-scale renovation of its deployment capacities, according to Executive Director of End-User Operations Dewaine Beard.

The Section 809 Panel, which was created in Section 809 of the fiscal year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, concluded its two-year term last month, but an industry desire for change in procurement and acquisitions had begun long prior to the panel’s inaugural meeting.

• Artificial Intelligence

The Department of Veterans Affairs is aiming to drastically expand its artificial intelligence research and implementation, according to newly appointed Director of Artificial Intelligence Gil Alterovitz.

• Artificial Intelligence

The most time-consuming part of any survey or study is taking the information and categorizing it into actionable data. Some government leaders are turning to artificial intelligence to alleviate the burden.

• Cybersecurity

Federal agencies are taking cues from industry for some of their most pressing cybersecurity challenges.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is leveraging 3D printing toward improving patient care, a new effort for the agency launched in 2017 that has been gaining momentum across government.

• Workforce

The Department of Health and Human Services is collaborating on various technology pilot programs with public and private-industry partners to automate workflow processes, aligning data-sharing strategies with security and human-centered design.

As federal agencies work to consolidate their IT offices, modernize legacy systems and secure essential data, they can rest assured that there are leaders in Congress working to ensure they have the guidance and funding to encourage those efforts.