# VA Expands AI Deployment

The Department of Veterans Affairs is moving AI beyond pilot projects toward broader deployment, reporting that employees save six hours per week using general-purpose AI tools and citing a 22% decrease in opioid overdose mortality. Acting Chief AI Officer Kimberly McManus’s account points to VA priorities in scaling AI, governance, workforce enablement, and measuring effects on care quality, access, turnaround times, and productivity. The signal identifies no specific solicitation, contract, or procurement timeline, but provides contractors with insight into the capabilities VA is emphasizing as it expands adoption.

- Contractors offering AI tools or implementation support can align proposals with scalable deployment, governance, and workforce enablement—the priorities identified in the signal.
- VA’s reported productivity and health outcome measures indicate the importance of demonstrating measurable results, including effects on care quality, access, turnaround times, and employee productivity.
- No specific contract opportunity is announced; companies can use these stated priorities to shape relevant offerings and performance measures for potential VA engagements.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Healthcare, Information Technology
**Topics:** Artificial Intelligence
**Published:** September 29, 2026

### Government Entities
- Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

### Sources
- [VA Employees Save 6 Hours a Week With AI Tools | GovCIO Media & Research](https://govciomedia.com/va-employees-save-6-hours-a-week-with-ai-tools) - GovCIO Media & Research