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Official Agency Sources

Curated .gov and .mil reference links. No vendor sites, no paywalls. The primary sources that drive federal health IT decisions.

Defense Health

DHA, FEHRM, TRICARE, and military medical research. The agencies that run health IT for 9.6 million beneficiaries.

DHA Main — health.mil

Defense Health Agency official site. News, leadership, policy documents.

DHA Contracting — health.mil

DHACA contract opportunities and procurement guidance.

OPMED (formerly PEO DHMS) — health.mil

Medical IT development, acquisition programs, MHS GENESIS.

FEHRM — fehrm.gov

Federal EHR Modernization. Joint DoD-VA interoperability.

TRICARE — tricare.mil

Beneficiary portal, provider info, regional contract details.

CDMRP — cdmrp.health.mil

Military medical research funding opportunities.

VA Health IT

Department of Veterans Affairs. The largest integrated health system in the U.S., serving 9 million enrolled Veterans.

VA Main — va.gov

Department of Veterans Affairs official site.

VHA — va.gov

Veterans Health Administration. 1,300+ facilities.

VA OIT — digital.va.gov

VA Office of Information and Technology. IT strategy and programs.

VA EHR Modernization — digital.va.gov

EHRM program status, deployment schedule, resources.

VA Lighthouse APIs — developer.va.gov

VA's public API platform. Health, benefits, and facilities data.

Connected Care — connectedcare.va.gov

Telehealth, remote monitoring, My HealtheVet.

VA Open Data — data.va.gov

Open datasets for research and analysis.

VA OIG — vaoig.gov

Inspector General. Audits, investigations, EHR deployment oversight.

Interoperability and Standards

ONC, FHIR, TEFCA, and the frameworks that govern how health data moves between systems.

ONC/ASTP — healthit.gov

Office of the National Coordinator. Health IT policy and certification.

TEFCA — healthit.gov

Trusted Exchange Framework. National health data exchange infrastructure.

HL7 FHIR — hl7.org

FHIR specification. The modern healthcare interoperability standard.

ONC Certification — healthit.gov

Health IT certification program details and requirements.

eHealth Exchange — ehealthexchange.org

Largest health information network in the U.S.

Carequality — carequality.org

Interoperability framework connecting health networks nationwide.

Acquisition and Contracting

Where federal contracts are posted, tracked, and awarded. Registration, vehicles, and procurement guidance.

SAM.gov — sam.gov

Entity registration, contract opportunities, exclusions.

SAM.gov Award Data — sam.gov

Historical contract award data and FPDS search.

USAspending — usaspending.gov

Federal spending transparency. Search by agency, contract, recipient.

NITAAC — nitaac.nih.gov

NIH IT Acquisition and Assessment Center. CIO-SP3 and CIO-CS vehicles.

GSA eBuy — ebuy.gsa.gov

GSA's online Request for Quote system for Schedule and GWAC purchases.

DAU — dau.edu

Defense Acquisition University. Training and certification resources.

AcqNotes — acqnotes.com

Community reference for defense acquisition processes and terminology.

Budget and Spending

Federal budget justifications, spending data, and analysis for defense health and VA programs.

USAspending.gov — usaspending.gov

Track federal spending by agency, contract, and category.

DoD Comptroller — comptroller.defense.gov

Defense budget materials, justification documents.

DHP Budget — comptroller.defense.gov

Defense Health Program budget justification (search for DHP).

VA Budget — department.va.gov

VA budget submission and justification documents.

CBO Military Health — cbo.gov

Congressional Budget Office analysis of military health spending.

Research and Oversight

GAO, CRS, inspectors general, and independent research organizations covering military and VA health.

GAO Defense Health — gao.gov

Government Accountability Office reports on military and VA health.

CRS Reports — congress.gov

Congressional Research Service. Authoritative policy analysis.

RAND Military Health — rand.org

RAND Corporation research on military health policy and systems.

MITRE Health FFRDC — mitre.org

CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare (Health FFRDC).

DoD IG — dodig.mil

Department of Defense Inspector General. Audits and evaluations.

VA OIG — vaoig.gov

VA Inspector General. Audits and investigations.

Cybersecurity

FedRAMP, CMMC, NIST frameworks, and the security baselines that govern federal health IT systems.

FedRAMP Marketplace — marketplace.fedramp.gov

Search FedRAMP-authorized cloud products.

CMMC (DoD CIO) — dodcio.defense.gov

Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program details.

NIST SP 800-171 — csrc.nist.gov

CUI protection requirements for non-federal systems.

NIST SP 800-53 — csrc.nist.gov

Security and privacy controls catalog.

DoD Zero Trust Strategy — dodcio.defense.gov

DoD's zero trust architecture implementation plan.

DISA STIGs — cyber.mil

Security Technical Implementation Guides.

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