“The White House is asking for public insight on how to reduce increasingly high rates of suicide among America’s veterans and how to better leverage technology across its prevention efforts.”
“Reducing the rate of suicide in the veteran population will require an innovative, concerted approach to public health, with wide stakeholder input,” the administration’s Office of Science and Technology Policy said in a request for information launched Tuesday. “The Federal government alone cannot address these challenges…”
“This RFI is meant to inform that national research strategy, which OSTP will develop in collaboration with VA.”
“The office wants the nation’s research and development community to weigh in on how to get better at spotting vets who are at higher risk of suicide and effective practices that are promising for prevention…” Read the full article here.
Source: White House Wants to Know How Tech Can Help Prevent Veteran Suicides – By Brandi Vincent, June 25, 2019. Nextgov.
