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Technology That Serves America’s Heroes
42 minutes Posted Jan 5, 2023 at 8:00 am.
How did one of the world’s biggest bureaucracies successfully develop a sleek, efficient, and user-friendly online benefits experience for veterans? Today’s guest, Charles Worthington, CTO of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs shares how he applied a tech startup mentality to help make the VA’s services more accessible to our nation’s finest, and why he hopes to spark a “tradition of public service” in the tech industry.Tune in to learn:An overview of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ digital services
The effort to rebuild the VA website
How the VA mobile app was launched
The state of tech in the public sector
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How did one of the world’s biggest bureaucracies successfully develop a sleek, efficient, and user-friendly online benefits experience for veterans? Today’s guest, Charles Worthington, CTO of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs shares how he applied a tech startup mentality to help make the VA’s services more accessible to our nation’s finest, and why he hopes to spark a “tradition of public service” in the tech industry.Tune in to learn:An overview of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ digital services (2:55)The effort to rebuild the VA website (5:00)How the VA mobile app was launched (12:551)The state of tech in the public sector   (28:50)Mentions:VA: Health and Benefits (App)Presidential Innovation FellowsUnited States Digital ServiceCareers - DigitalVA - Veterans AffairsIT Visionaries is brought to you by Salesforce. With Salesforce’s low-code app dev tools, you can be more efficient, more productive and save money by reducing development time by up to 90%. Get Salesforce’s Low-Code Playbook and increase time to value for your team and your customers. Download the free playbook today.Mission.org is a media studio producing content for world-class clients. Learn more at mission.org.