COVID-19

President-elect Joe Biden proposed a $9 billion investment in the Technology Modernization Fund and support for cybersecurity and improved IT assets across federal agencies as part of his $1.9 trillion economic package released Thursday night.

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Developing biomedical technologies requires strong strategies in data analytics and innovations with tools and imaging.

Accommodating the mass shift to telework at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic is just one challenge Department of Homeland Security executives faced in 2021.

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VHA is fostering advances in remote care to better serve veterans.

Health officials are seeing a need for improved communication channels and rapid testing and reporting at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities in order to control COVID-19 cases in those facilities across the country.

The Office of Management and Budget is expected to release the Federal Data Strategy 2021 Action Plan by the beginning of January with calls for emphasis on maturing data management, tightening cross-agency collaboration and furthering data-skills training, Deputy Federal CIO Maria Roat told GovernmentCIO Media & Research.

The Department of Veterans Affairs continued expanding the availability of its mental health services during the COVID-19 pandemic and will likely build upon this foundation in the coming year.

The outbreak of COVID-19 in the U.S. placed exceptional demands on the Department of Veterans Affairs, requiring multiple areas of emergency readjustment to ensure continued functionality of essential services.

Data is increasingly becoming a critical component to federal and commercial activities and showing promise for impacting the public good.

President-elect Joe Biden formally announced top members of his administration’s health care team — the first step in a sign of who might take the reins on the COVID-19 pandemic and the future of American health care in the coming years.

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Tech influenced more than telework as health professionals dealt with changing the stigma of talking about changing behavioral needs during social distancing.

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed vulnerabilities in information and communication technology (ICT) supply chains once considered industry best practices.