HHS Program Empowers Patients Who Depend on Electrical Devices During, After Natural Disasters
The Department of Health and Human Services emPOWER program protects the health of at-risk Medicare beneficiaries, including 4.4 million individuals who rely on essential health care services or electricity-dependent durable medical equipment.
Director Kristen Finne explains how this critical data-sharing effort delivers just-in-time information to help people respond to a disaster, as well as other tools to inform disaster preparedness.
This is part one of a two-part interview. Stay tuned next week for more!
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Kristen Finne Director emPOWER Program, HHS ASPR
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NEA Leverages AI to Drive Software Development
NEA CIO Jim Tunnessen discusses AI-assisted software development, modernization, cybersecurity and responsible AI adoption across government.
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TMF Tightens Scrutiny as Agencies Prove Modernization ROI
TMF's leader said agencies must link modernization to workload speed, faster processing and user impact over hypothetical long‑term savings.
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VA OIG CIO Outlines AI Deployment, Modernization Priorities
As the VA's internal watchdog, the OIG is using AI to improve oversight while monitoring how emerging technologies are adopted across the agency.
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Federal Research Agencies Tighten Safeguards Against Foreign Interference
Officials from NSF, DOE and NIH describe expanded training, disclosure requirements and funding safeguards designed to reduce foreign interference in U.S. research.
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