Department of Veterans Affairs

• Health care

The agency will be instating public health precautions to halt the spread of the Delta variant and protect the health of veterans and caregivers.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Cloud
• Zero Trust

The agency’s investment in IT modernization has allowed the agency to provide critical services more effectively and to a broader range of veterans.

• Health IT

Dr. Neil Evans brings experience with health IT management and digital modernization to his role as VA’s tech executive.

• HealthCast
• Data

The data chief is aiming to make veteran data integrated across the agency and its partners.

• Artificial Intelligence

The agency is endeavoring to guide its artificial intelligence capacities through a foundational integration of AI ethics principles.

• Customer Experience

Moving from traditional silos to streamlined operations has boosted agility and scale, and now the agency is eyeing more future-focused development.

SaaS solutions have demonstrated widespread potential for reducing both the financial resources and human capital necessary to streamline the IT systems of federal agencies.

• Data
• DevSecOps
• Zero Trust

Zero trust access models are essential to maintaining robust security frameworks.

• Electronic Health Records

Leaders across VA address how they are focusing on efficiency to provide all veterans with their full benefits.

Leaders across the veteran service organization outline how it is supporting veterans throughout the pandemic.

• Health care

Secretary Denis McDonough addressed the department's pandemic response and how it will continue to combat the virus by focusing on vaccinations.

As federal agencies weigh return-to-work timelines and face threats from emerging variants of COVID-19, agency leaders are preparing for impacts in what Dr. Anthony Fauci described as "a pandemic among the unvaccinated."