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FCW: HHS expects ATO for blockchain acquisition solution this month

“The Department of Health and Human Services is making a big push to have the first blockchain-based program in the federal government with authority to operate certification.”

“Jose Arrieta, associate deputy assistant secretary for the HHS Division of Acquisition, said that he expects to get the ATO “within in the next week” for HHS Accelerate, the program that uses blockchain, machine learning and artificial intelligence to streamline acquisition by delivering detailed, real-time information on pricing and terms and conditions from across HHS for 10 categories of purchases…”

“The HHS team is also looking into ways to do Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation as a microservice within HHS Accelerate.”

“We are looking at ways to improve the…” Read the full article here.

Source: HHS expects ATO for blockchain acquisition solution this month – By Sara Friedman, December 05, 2018. FCW.

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Jackie Gilbert is a Content Analyst for FedHealthIT and Author of 'Anything but COVID-19' on the Daily Take Newsletter for G2Xchange Health and FedCiv.

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