Resilience in action: Crisis leadership through innovation, collaboration, and human-centered solutions

Submitted by on Fri, 11/15/2024 - 10:45

In an era of unprecedented disruptions, the ability to anticipate future uncertainties and navigate through crises is crucial for leaders in all sectors. Global pandemics, climate change, geopolitical tensions, and other disruptions are testing resilience like never before. A key lesson learned from these challenges is that collaborative, forward-looking planning is essential to safeguard constituents and provide operational continuity.

Organizational Health and Agility – Key Outcomes From Agile Government

Submitted by on Thu, 11/14/2024 - 08:24

Since the passage of the Chief Financial Officers Act in 1990 in the administration of George H.W. Bush, a series of management improvements including audited financial statements, strategic plans, performance plans and reporting, councils of responsible management officials, the customer service executive order, and a variety of Presidential Management Agendas have all provided invaluable guidance for agencies and individual managers.

Patient-Centered and Mission-Ready

Submitted by on Wed, 11/13/2024 - 06:01

Created in 2013, the Defense Health Agency (DHA) celebrated its 11th anniversary this year. It started as an agency focused on shared services across the enterprise for such functions as health IT, medical logistics, pharmacy operations, TRICARE, and acquisition. In 2017, Congress expanded the DHA’s responsibilities to include management responsibilities of the military hospitals and clinics worldwide.

The Future of AI for Public Good

Submitted by on Tue, 11/12/2024 - 04:04

At the close of 2022, artificial intelligence (AI) didn’t crack the National Association of State Chief Information Officers’ list of the “top ten priorities” for the coming year. However, by December 2023 AI took third place, and could well be number one by the end of this year. 

As advances in AI move at seemingly lightning speed, understanding its benefits, challenges and solutions to those in the public sector has become essential.

Lt. General Telita Crosland, M.D., Director, Defense Health Agency

Submitted by on Mon, 11/11/2024 - 06:16
Crosland is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, and the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. In addition to her Doctor of Medicine, she also holds a Master of Public Health from the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences and a Master of Science in National Resource Strategy from the Eisenhower School.

Weekly Roundup: November 4-8, 2024

Submitted by on Fri, 11/08/2024 - 09:03

Innovation

Quantum Technology and Homeland Security

Submitted by on Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:34

The development of quantum technology has the potential to reshape the world’s economic and social landscape. The U.S. government understands the national security importance of developing this field and has already invested significant resources in developing quantum information science. Quantum technology holds significant promise for enhancing the homeland security sector through improved cybersecurity, threat detection, disaster response, and infrastructure resilience.  

Implementing Generative AI in Government: Challenges and Opportunities

Submitted by on Thu, 10/31/2024 - 06:30

Generative AI refers to algorithms that can create realistic content such as images, text, music, and videos by learning from existing data patterns.  Generative AI does more than just create content, it also serves as a user-friendly interface for other AI tools, making complex results easy to understand and use. Generative AI transforms analysis and prediction results into personalized formats, improving explainability by converting complicated data into understandable content.

Weekly Roundup: October 21-25, 2024

Submitted by on Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:04

Acquisition

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