HHS

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If federal agencies want to strengthen their cybersecurity posture in a significant way, they should invest in cybersecurity best practices exercises and human education, according to cyber-focused officials at the Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General and the Defense Health Agency.

The agency is looking to build an AI ecosystem that drives innovation and harnesses data's potential.

The Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System quickly detected and alerted federal health agencies on the potentially fatal effects of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.

Predictive analytics with machine learning capabilities can get ahead of the curb in fraud and waste prevention.

The agency is driving adoption of emerging technologies through innovative IT contract vehicles.

The pandemic increased the need for secure, modernized and evolved solutions to expedite federal response efforts.

The Administration for Community Living is leveraging data to train AI algorithms that deliver a greater insight into adult mistreatment research and predictions.

Efforts to secure the supply chain will receive additional attention under new presidential priorities.

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.

Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package includes $10 billion for IT modernization and cybersecurity needs at federal agencies.

Federal health data officials called to view health information interoperability as a journey to be developed with end users and iterated over time rather than a major destination to reach all at once during last week’s Academy Health Datapalooza virtual conference.

The CIO-SP4 contract vehicle request for proposal release is set for mid-March after the program office overseeing it incorporated more changes into the proposal and review process, NITAAC Acting Director Brian Goodger said in an interview with GovernmentCIO Media & Research.