FedTech January 17, 2019
The agency’s new tool, which also uses artificial intelligence, will allow HHS to accelerate procurement and make contracts more efficient.
At the Department of Health and Human Services, the time for talking about blockchain is over. Now it’s time to see what the technology can do.
Last month, HHS received authority to operate and pull live data for a new tool, called HHS Accelerate, which uses blockchain and artificial intelligence to enhance procurement. The goal of the tool, which the agency has been testing since last summer, is to give HHS’ contracting officers greater visibility into the agency’s acquisition function. That visibility will allow them to cut down the length of the acquisition lifecycle, as well as promote better...