“… Many agencies, including the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Small Business Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Federal Aviation Administration, are finding new ways to test and implement apps with their APIs before they’re made public…”
“These API initiatives are driven by a desire to give both internal users and external customers the seamless experience they’ve come to expect from consumer-focused applications…”
“The VA is more than willing to make its APIs available to third parties, and a talk by Myklegard and Alex Loehr, the VA’s deputy CTO, led to the first project by a private developer in 2018.”
“Inspired by a tweet from an audience member, the developer reached out to the VA, which provided access to its data and APIs. The app was created in an open-source repository for transparency and visibility while the work was being done. Once it was finished, the VA’s software team ran automated tests for security, then deployed the app to the agency’s commercial hybrid cloud, which includes Microsoft Azure, for further testing…” Read the full article here.
Source: VA, SBA and NOAA Modernize Their Apps to Improve User Experience – By Calvin Hennick, May 3, 2019. FedTech.
