Inside VA’s Lighthouse for App Development
Andrew Fichter discusses how Lighthouse is serving veterans and why it is necessary for modernization of veterans services.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has many public-facing apps that rely on application programming interfaces (APIs) for third-party developers creating software and services to veterans. Managing this ecosystem is VA’s Lighthouse, where Deputy Director Andrew Fichter is constantly looking at innovating how to share and manage the data that fuels these apps.
Fichter discusses how Lighthouse is serving veterans and why it is necessary for modernization of veterans services. Plus, he shares the future of these tools and how the program will evolve around emerging technology.
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Andrew Fichter Deputy Director, Lighthouse Program VA
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