The Department of Health and Human Services has taken a big tech step forward. It can now use live data from its acquisition shop in order to buy things faster and cheaper using a combination blockchain-and-artificial intelligence tool called HHS Accelerate. Jose Arrieta, the associate deputy assistant secretary for acquisition there, told Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman what it means for his team to receive the first authority to operate for a blockchain application in government.
Source: New HHS tool aims to help acquisition workforce shift from low to high-value work – By Tom Temin, December 17, 2018. Federal Drive.
