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While the department says the contracts are "non-mission-critical or duplicative," several of those canceled in March were for veteran-owned businesses that were focused on the safety and integrity of the ongoing electronic health record rollout.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said it will pursue a market-based approach to site selection for its deployments going forward, and will bring its total 2026 deployments to 13 medical facilities.

Through a recently completed multipronged red-teaming effort, the agency said it will develop repeatable testing datasets that can be used to evaluate large language model tools and services in the future.

The partnership will help connect service members – active-duty military and veterans – with their electronic data via the statewide health information exchange.

But restarting the paused Electronic Health Record Modernization program will first require a successful deployment at Lovell Federal Health Care Center in Chicago, says Dr. Neil Evans of the EHRM Integration Office.

Multiple awards for proposals to buttress digital health technology security, improve the fitness of healthcare analytics and strengthen healthcare software development are possible, according to the BAA. 

The White House unveiled its new National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy on Monday.

The DoD's new cyber workforce strategy aims to address 30K unfilled cyber positions, and the agency is looking hard at "moving away from certifications," said Mark Gorak, cyber workforce policy and development integrator.

The new APFIT funding enables DoD to further the Defense Innovation Unit's use of algorithms to analyze biometric data from commercial wearables and predict infections up to 48 hours before service members' symptoms appear.

While legislators offer proposals to recalibrate the development and rein in the deployment and oversight of the VA's Oracle Cerner electronic health records, other leaders want to scrap the system altogether.