News

• 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.

• Data
• Health IT

A new API pilot program from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will allow clinicians to access beneficiary claims data, supporting interoperability between providers.

• Health IT

DHA has updated TRICARE Online (TOL), for example, to include several services that provide active-duty service members, veterans and their families with 24/7 access to care and online health services.

Computed tomography scanners, which have been used for years in scanning checked luggage at airports, are now being piloted at airport checkpoints for carry-on bags.

• Health IT

Cybersecurity does not have to be an impediment to delivering efficient health care if security professionals are incorporated much earlier in the development process...

The military's new electronic health record program, MHS Genesis, has moved beyond rollout at initial operating capability sites and will begin rollout in the “Travis Wave” (named for Travis Air Force Base, one of the first bases in the wave) Sept. 7.

• Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotic process automation are at the forefront of emerging technologies for both the public and private sectors.

• Cybersecurity
• Workforce

In an effort to draw upon talents and aptitudes within the federal government to close the cybersecurity workforce gap, earlier this year the Federal CIO Council created the Cyber Reskilling Academy, a full-time, three-month-long program for federal employees outside of IT roles to learn the necessary skills to become cybersecurity experts.