Podcasts
Critical Update: Disrupting Gene Editing
The CRISPR Cas 9 tool shook up the gene-editing space, leading to new possibilities, risks and questions about who and how the technology should be used.
Emerging Tech
Health Agencies Seek Face Mask Designs of the Future
Federal officials want innovators to reimagine the protective products.
Modernization
For State's COVID Contact Tracing Apps, Privacy Tops Utility
More than 28 million people in the United States have downloaded the mobile apps or activated exposure notifications on their smartphones
Digital Government
VA Electronic Health Records Program Delayed Up to 12 Weeks For ‘Strategic Review’
House committee leadership plans to hold a hearing in April on the program and strategic review process.
Emerging Tech
FDA Approves VA-Made 3D-Printed Hearing Device for South Carolina Veteran
It’s rooted in the patient’s unique idea to use a drinking straw to open up his hearing pathway.
Modernization
DOD Tracking COVID Vaccinations with New Electronic Health Record System
The military was already developing a digital vaccination tracking system before the COVID-19 outbreak.
Emerging Tech
VA Doctor Dispels Myths that 5G Could Make People Sick
He also offered a look into several government-centered deployments.
Emerging Tech
HHS Aims to Accelerate Technologies for Combatting Lyme Disease
The often-overlooked illness radically disrupts hundreds of thousands of lives each year.
Digital Government
DHS Launching Voluntary COVID-19 Contact Tracing Program
Employees will be able to self-report a positive diagnosis through the ServiceNow help desk and official contact tracers will follow up with anyone who might have been exposed.
Ideas
COVID-19 Revealed How Sick the U.S. Health Care Delivery System Really Is
In reality, the U.S. health care sector is not a system at all.
Emerging Tech
Veterans Affairs Department Expands 5G Footprint to Miami
The agency’s latest next-generation wireless network was recently deployed by T-Mobile.
Emerging Tech
Army Outfits Paratroopers with Wearables to Gauge Stress
It’s all part of collaborative research leveraging military-centered, biometric data.
Ideas
How to Really Fix COVID-19 Vaccine Appointment Scheduling
The traditional vaccine sign-up model does not work when the demand for vaccines far exceeds supply.
Emerging Tech
Treasury Bureau to Outfit Onsite Employees with Contact-Tracing Wearables
The goal is to proactively prevent COVID-19 outbreaks within its facilities.
Modernization
GAO Recommends VA Pause EHR Deployment to Resolve Issues
The Veterans Affairs Department told auditors it will move on with deployments while addressing test findings.
Digital Government
DHS Taps California-Based Startup to Test Privacy in Contact Tracing Apps
It marks the first of multiple forthcoming awards through the department’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program.
Emerging Tech
VA Partners with AT&T to Extend its 5G Experimentation
A fresh installation was many months in the making, officials explained.
Modernization
Indian Health Service Seeks Input on Modernization Plan
The agency’s current IT work is guided by a strategic planning document that dates back to 2016.
Ideas
The Year Ahead: 3 Predictions From the ‘Father of the Internet’ Vint Cerf
With the first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine being administered, a return to normal feels within reach but normal will change.
Emerging Tech