Digital Transformation

The Department of Health and Human Services’ first chief artificial intelligence officer no longer works in the federal government. But he says more agencies and health organizations are following his example, and naming their own chief AI officers.

For one view of what this means for technology and the investments needed to support the new work mode, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to the president of HP Federal Todd Gustafson.

The procurement and finance organizations have helped push the IRS toward a more innovative approach that focuses on automation to move away from repetitive, mundane tasks.

By any measure software vendor Solar Winds was a high flyer, with many federal customers for its IT managements software. Now the company says it’s nearly recovered from the 2020 Sunburst hack that sent federal agencies fleeing…and became part of the cybersecurity vernacular.

A Virginia National Guard thinks it’s found a way to save the Air Force hundreds of thousands of man hours each year just by auto-filling a single form.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a new emergency directive today saying the vulnerabilities in some VMware products put federal networks and systems at immediate risk.

Getting information from a federal website or agency without difficulty is still not a reality for many Americans. USDA wants IT folks who can “speak” non-IT language.

Data requirements to ensure lack of bias in AI and transparency and how it works are not part of the standard license agreements.