Archives: Jordan McDonald

• Customer Experience
• Health care

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced the roll out of its tele-emergency care program nationwide this week.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Digitization

Drafts of the National Defense Authorization Act include provisions on emerging technology, AI governance and zero trust.

• Health care
• Health IT

Health IT leaders spoke about the critical, but often misunderstood role that grants funding drives in delivering better health outcomes for patients and clinicians.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Customer Experience

Officials noted the importance of collaboration between the public and private sector during a lightning round session at the Health IT Summit.

• Health IT

Federal leaders at the GovCIO Media & Research Health IT Summit spoke last week about the progress the EHR deployment has made, the challenges along the way and how their agencies will continue their deployments.

The agency has been working to expand how hospital systems share veteran data as part of its Veteran Interoperability Pledge.

• Data

The agency is calling on industry to help build out its data labeling infrastructure in a massive $700 million contract.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Cloud

The agency is weighing privacy protections amid advancements in identity processes and generative AI development.

• Data

The FBI's Combined DNA Index System revolutionized how DNA and biometrics are collected and used in law enforcement.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Cybersecurity

Defense leaders say satellite communications modernization requires moving data efficiently while thwarting threats.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Cybersecurity

Pentagon Chief Digital and AI Office's Margaret Palmieri said AI is part of nearly everything DOD does to enhance mission and warfighting.

• Cybersecurity

Army and NSA officials discuss how strategies like Hunt Forward operations are defeating cyber adversaries.