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As the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) prepares to resume the rollout of its Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) is urging the VA to update the program’s modernization life cycle cost estimate and schedule.
- Military Leaders Warn of Budget Impact on Readiness
- Senate Committees Advance OMB, VA Nominees
- Trump Announces Picks for Top Intelligence Roles
- House Passes AI, Nanotech Border Security Bill
- Lawmakers: Tech ‘Diplomats,’ Immigrants Crucial to U.S. Innovation
- House Panel Urges TSA to Develop ‘Adaptive’ Cyber Strategy
People
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Charles Ezell, acting director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), refused to testify before a Federal judge in a case determining OPM’s involvement in the firing of Federal probationary employees.
Progress
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Deploying artificial intelligence tools and improving agency data management and sharing could work to prevent fraudulent and improper payments made by the Federal government but reaching that goal also requires better agency accountability measures, witnesses told members of the House Oversight and Reform Committee’s Subcommittee on Government Operations on March 11.
It’s clear that artificial intelligence (AI) has moved beyond emerging technology to acceptance – but Federal organizations don’t have to be all-in, all at once. As the incoming administration considers new AI policies, agencies can adopt what the co-chair of a U.S. House AI task force calls a “bite-sized” approach.
Policy
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As the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) plans to cut 15 percent of its workforce, Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., the chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, announced on Tuesday that he plans to introduce legislation to ensure the VA remains “well-staffed.”