The deputy secretary shares what’s to come and more

And, the VA’s EHR modernization contract ceiling raises to nearly $27 billion.

Energy CIO Dawn Zimmer joins the show to discuss that and more.

Tech leaders from across agencies and industry said the government must work together to use AI to fix broken systems, not just use it as a band-aid.

And, DHS looks to add more AI to FOIA processing.

Days after John Bartrum’s exit, John Figueroa takes up the reins of the agency involved in modernizing veteran health records for a second time.

The agency is challenging incumbent contractors to keep up with modernization and AI initiatives or risk losing contracts, Zack Schwartz said in an interview.

A report found two years of missing measures and undefined fiscal 2026 goals for the health records’ interagency cybersecurity and privacy protections.

The agency will potentially expand its artificial intelligence toolkit to help its workforce in assistive, collaborative and agentic tasks.

Lack of justification and limited software oversight caused over $67,000 in wrongful disability payments and medical costs, the watchdog found.