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The exterior of the Veterans Affairs Hospital is seen November 10, 2003 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

VA creates two new management positions to oversee EHR

Modernization

Heidi Shyu, the assistant secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology), toured a CERDEC lab along with CERDEC Director Henry Muller, CERDEC Space and Terrestrial Communications Directorate Director John Willison, and CECOM Deputy Director Gary Martin to learn more about the center’s Hardware/Software Convergence initiative at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., June 16. CERDEC is modernizing and modularizing C4ISR and Electronic Warfare components so that there is a standard interface to better and more quickly facilitate the integration, compatibility and interoperability of new capabilities for the Army’s various platforms. (U.S. Army CERDEC photo by Kristen Kushiyama)

DOD working to build database of innovative acquisitions

Defense

Pentagon, Department of Defense, DOD, federal IT, cybersecurity, Washington, D.C. — The Air Force Memorial and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. (REUTERS / Joshua Roberts)

DOD looks at introducing a new AI and data leader

Defense

Agreements were signed between Vanderbilt University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Duke University, Syracuse University, Middle Tennessee State University, the University of North Carolina System and the 18th Airborne Corps, according to the corps. (William Yeung Via Flickr)

18th Airborne Corps signs tech partnership with universities

Emerging Tech

Network Operations (NetOps) cell at Project Convergence manage and operate the network – from bandwidth to position location information (PLI) and message traffic – in support of Project Convergence 20. (U.S. Army photo by Justine Ruggio/Released)

How the Army prepared for Project Convergence with a virtual lab

Defense

Then-Col. Rob Parker, commander of 5th Signal Command (Theater), listens to a briefing from a vendor at the USAG Wiesbaden Tech Expo, Feb. 7, 2017 at Clay Kaserne. Parker now leads the JADC2 CFT. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brian M. Cline)

JADC2 Cross-Functional Team adds new Transport Working Group

Defense

Deputy Secretary of Defense nominee Kathleen Hicks listens to the start of her Senate confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C. Feb. 2, 2021. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)

JADC2 implementation plan sent to DOD deputy secretary for approval

Defense

A U.S. Air Force F-16 aircraft flies near the Rionegro Airport during military drills between the Colombia and the United States in Rionegro, Antioquia department, Colombia, on July 12, 2021. (Photo by JOAQUIN SARMIENTO/AFP via Getty Images)

Air Force strikes agreement with contractors to resell Platform One products

Defense

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DOD organizations plot implementation of ethical AI in new guidance

AI