Edward Graham

Washington, D.C.

Staff Reporter at Government Executive

Tech reporter @NextgovFCW covering @DeptVetAffairs & natsec | 2024-2025 @CarterFellows reporting on VA's use of AI to prevent suicide — [email protected]

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How cyber vulnerabilities and workforce cuts threaten the crisis lifeline program

1 month ago | nextgov.com | Edward Graham

Congressional lawmakers are making a renewed push to shore up any cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the nation’s crisis hotline, even as workforce cuts at the agency overseeing the service have raised questions about the potential impact that staff reductions could have on mental health interventions.
Spending and workforce cuts will harm VA’s modernization work, Democrats say

2 months ago | govexec.com | Edward Graham

Democrats on the House panel overseeing the Veterans Affairs Department used a Tuesday hearing on biomedical innovation to voice serious concerns that proposed spending and staffing cuts at the VA would impact the department’s ability to effectively modernize and operate its IT systems. The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing included witnesses from several private sector companies who were there to discuss their healthcare-focused tech solutions. Democrats like Illinois Rep.
House Dems ‘extremely concerned’ VA workforce cuts will further hit researchers

2 months ago | govexec.com | Edward Graham

Democrats on the House panel overseeing the Department of Veterans Affairs are pressing VA to disclose how proposed staffing cuts will affect its research workforce after many at-risk personnel received a temporary reprieve from impending layoffs. In an April 1 letter to VA Secretary Doug Collins, 10 members of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee — led by Ranking Member Mark Takano, D-Calif.
Lawmakers move to ban DeepSeek’s AI from government devices - Nextgov/FCW

Feb 10, 2025 | nextgov.com | Edward Graham

Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., charged that China is using DeepSeek “to steal the sensitive data of U.S. citizens.”
Sources: VA’s new EHR is not accessibility compliant - Nextgov/FCW

Feb 6, 2025 | nextgov.com | Edward Graham

A VA official told Nextgov/FCW that, at the facilities where VA’s new electronic health record has been deployed, “veterans with disabilities cannot acc...
OPM CIO announces retirement

Jan 6, 2025 | govexec.com | Edward Graham

Guy Cavallo, the Office of Personnel Management’s chief information officer, announced on Monday that he is stepping down from his role at the end of the week. Cavallo is the agency’s longest serving CIO over the past decade, after having been formally appointed to the position in July 2021. He had previously served as OPM’s acting CIO since March of that year.
HHS’ 2024 AI use case inventory shows move toward internal chatbots

Jan 3, 2025 | govexec.com | Edward Graham

The Department of Health and Human Services reported the most artificial intelligence use cases of any federal agency in 2024, with the agency’s inventory of reviewed AI solutions showing a growing embrace of chatbots for internal and external operations. In a Dec.
Lawmaker wants FCC to create AI tool for identifying scams - Nextgov/FCW

Nov 26, 2024 | nextgov.com | Edward Graham

The measure from Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah., would direct the FCC to develop an online platform that can assess submitted communications and then rate th...
Lawmaker wants the FCC to create an AI tool for identifying scams

Nov 26, 2024 | govexec.com | Edward Graham

A new legislative proposal would require that the Federal Communications Commission create an artificial intelligence-powered platform to help Americans better identify likely scams. The measure — introduced by Rep.
MetTel becomes first authorized Starlink partner to offer satellite SD-WAN services

Nov 15, 2024 | nextgov.com | Edward Graham

Managed services provider MetTel announced on Wednesday that it partnered with Starlink to deliver its software-defined wide area networking — or SD-WAN — service through the company’s network of low-Earth orbit satellites. The announcement makes MetTel the first Starlink partner and authorized reseller to offer space-based broadband services to both commercial and government customers. MetTel previously announced in December 2022 that it had deployed its VMware-based SD-WAN service over Starlink.