Department of Veterans Affairs

The Veterans Benefits Administration overcomes pandemic challenges with advances in GI Bill benefits, mail processing and artificial intelligence.

Senate and House VA leads are working together to tackle veterans mental health care, vaccinations and more.

To successfully execute a DevSecOps strategy, put the customer first. Leaders at the Department of Homeland Security, Air Force and the Department of Veterans Affairs agree.

The Department of Veterans Affairs' vaccination roll out is well underway, and Secretary Denis McDonough said the recent passage of the American Rescue Plan will only accelerate the process while providing additional emergency aid to retired service members.

The pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic to accelerate medical research has encouraged data sharing and consolidation of practices across federal agencies to lay the groundwork for increasingly sophisticated applications of AI toward diagnostic and health care.

Clare Martorana has been appointed the next federal CIO and administrator of the Office of Electronic Government at the Office of Management and Budget, according to a White House announcement.

Federal health IT leaders are focusing on data, security, emerging technologies and human-centered design as some of their top priorities in the near term.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is leveraging its increasingly sophisticated data analytics capacities to prevent suicide among veterans and provide them the critical support and counseling they need during times of crisis.

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The VA Office of Connected Care has worked to boost capabilities in remote counseling for veterans.

Technology has played a powerful role in providing individuals with mental and physical health services amid COVID-19, both in making them aware of what resources are available through strategic communications and in the abilities offered through telehealth and remote care. 

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Co-founder of the VA Mobile OPS initiative discusses the agency's advances in providing in-home prosthetics care.

Legislators are calling for Congress to push IT modernization efforts across federal agencies following the 2020 spike in cybercrime due to the COVID-19 pandemic.