Washington, July 13 -- Congressman Tom Barrett issued the following press release:
Today, Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) chaired a House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization hearing where he spoke with officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct oversight of the department's modernization of the Veterans Benefits Management System (VBMS). Specifically, the officials discussed how new technology can be used to deliver decisions on veterans' claims more quickly, but must have necessary guardrails to ensure AI does not make decisions without human oversight or transparency.
Witnesses at today's hearing included:
* Mr. Robert Orifici, Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer, Product Delivery Servi...