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The Wyden staffer in brigade hill day event earlier this year also spoke about this: in "For Tech, Legislatives are like middle—tier companies not tech companies" section. https://observablehq.com/d/67dd044eeaada5d4 ### Jennifer Pahlka ### Rebecca Dixon ### Robert Wah, MD: Associate CIO for military health DOD, then first deputy national coordinator at HHS. Setting up ONC. Saw these stages of federal IT: Paper records->digital info -> networked digital info -> virtual pool: analytics, ml, population health. ### https://moulton.house.gov/ (MA-06) on #windfall-awareness, Modernization Staffer Association. Used metaphor of household technology budgeting, where spending 80% of household tech budget to keep a 1950's TV working. The USG is spending so much! ### https://flores.house.gov/ (TX-17) on trouble combining DOD + VA healthcare systems and anecdotes about successes from Wah. ### https://higgins.house.gov/ (NY-26) China and technology, infrastructure. Wah responds that information is key in healthcare, including optimism on 18mo COVID-19 vaccine timeline. ### https://burchett.house.gov/ (TN-02) Federal regulation barriers to progress in successful implementation. Teresa: there are procurement flexibilities potentially allow intentional invements in IT modernizations, working capital funds, EMF and revolving funds. Remind constrained by CBO scoring rules (full cost recognized in 1st yr, no discount, so they look really large); GAO audit rules not flexible: old ways are the preferred ways. ### Jen: Practice over regulation. When practices don't change, support those taking innovative approaches. Procurement officers will insist on putting something in procurement only a company who has done a project at this size in the past can successfully bid on this: very anticompetitive. Hallmark of death march toward megaproject that will fail. ### https://schakowsky.house.gov/ (IL-09) DoL made a checklist for modernization. True that DoL not involved with state's UI modernization asking Rebecca Dixon. They are not. They should help states find economies of scale, and success metrics. CARES act, ### https://dankildee.house.gov/ (MI-05) We failed when we inappropriately charged thousands for unemployment fraud with our system. To create value we need operational capacity. Comments by Jen. ### https://panetta.house.gov/ (CA-20) Rose to occasion with relief bills, ignoring delivery systems comes with long term costs. We were warned by GAO/Inspector general. Let's do it though. Hunger crisis. 40% of ppl coming to food banks never been there before. SNAP through smartphones? Rebecca Dixon: Good sense to optimize for smartphone. Rep: GetCalFresh, purchase food online, expanding nationwide? Dixon: start in most vulnerable center and work out. Jen: old SNAP in CA had 212 questions and required broadband. (edited) ### Jen: SNAP regulations were written before internet existed. Remain problems in California with limitations like to big vendors like Amazon/Walmart. Doesn't cover delivery fees. Require modernizing federal recommendations. ### https://morelle.house.gov/ (NY-25) Enormous dislocation in public health/economy. Following up on previous topics: telehealth. HCD: Rochester wants to have integrated social services. Supporting HOPE act for innovation around hunger/nutrition. What are immediate steps. ### https://jacksonlee.house.gov/ (TX-18) "hardworking workers in state/fed gov, but the system just doesn't help us. Tax transcripts: individuals just can't access the system. What do we do when it relates to public services. Veterans crisis? Pain of unemployment. ### https://horsford.house.gov/ (NV-04) constituents trouble navigating the response. Dixon spoke. Jen spoke on COBOL as archeological layers of technology. Nationwide E-verify for national/multinational gig workers to verify wages. Little guidance by DoL. Piecemeal approach in 50 states. (edited) ### https://woodall.house.gov/ (GA-07 / ranking member of select modernization committee) How do we keep telemedicine after COVID? (edited) ### Closing: revelation there–issue of perspective (Dixon and Jen) Working on ADA: how do we gather all this info. How do we incentivize docs to do it, not thinking about end product and ppl we were going to engage and what it was going to mean to them. Revelation: I heard Jen say gov't as a customer service organization. Standard line; dilemma, congress moves slow. Q for Jen: Not aware of concerted efforts to work on this. Not enough time to make congress work better. If you were to create a congressional effort, where would be the first place you would go. ### Jen: Concrete successes behind them that show the public it can be different. 2 projects to speed up: USDS, speed delivery of UI benefits. Eligibility determinations. Start small, start with one state, expand it. 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