Through new Office of Digital Transformation, FDA putting business ahead of IT

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Data and science are at the center of the mission of the Food and Drug Administration. This is why the agency created the new Office of Digital Transformation. It is the final step in a two-year effort to reorganize how the FDA uses data and technology to protect and promote public health, and Vid Desai, FDA’s chief information officer, said the Office of Digital Transformation (ODT) will drive change down to the individual centers and offices to improve their mission delivery. Desai spoke more with Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller on Ask the CIO.