What is the FDA, Homeland Security, and Customs and Border Protection doing looking at blockchain?
Since the very early stages of our team’s discussion of the Automotive eXchange Platform (AXP) we knew that eventually we would want buy-in from various State and Federal agencies. That would be such a key moment for the project but also for blockchain technology as a whole. As the months have gone on, and we’ve been developing our project, our team, and expanding our network, we’re seeing it happen all around us. Various States have already expressed interest in our project (to some degree), and we’re seeing Federal agencies here in the United States taking a serious look at blockchain. These are all very good signs, by our estimations.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
According to some sources, the DHS is looking at using blockchain technology to enhance the security of cameras, sensors, and databases. Many of these technology points are operating in high-risk areas, such as airports, and hacking into these systems is a real threat. By implementing blockchain it’s conceivable that security could be dramatically increased, reducing the likelihood that a cyber attack could be effective on these systems.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP)
What the USCBP is doing is fascinating as well. They’re essentially looking at using blockchain to authenticate certain certifications as it relates to shipping, export, and import.
“Really what the government’s trying to do is twofold: One is to help blockchain along in a healthy manner for increasing market adoption, and the other thing is we’re trying to prepare ourselves in a proactive way to be ready for when private industry begins to really take off with this technology,” Vincent Annunziato, CBP Business Transformation and Innovation Division Director, said during a media engagement.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The FDA is also looking at how the inherent qualities of blockchain systems can benefit their operations and solve real-word problems. Here is a snippet from Forbes:
The Food & Drug Administration issued a “sources sought” notice late in 2017 for an application of blockchain. According to the notice, this was for real-time application for portable interactive devices (RAPID) “to enable [the] exchange of patient-level data within the United States Critical Illness and Injury Trails Group network.” The FDA requirements noted that “Implementation of the blockchain connection between FDA RAPID and USCIITG/Discovery network is being created in order to exchange influenza patient data at clinical sites administered by USCIITG.”
This is only the tip of the iceberg, as the saying goes. We believe these are the early signs of the US Government’s willingness to — at the very least — give blockchain a shot, if not fully embrace it. They were a bit slow to adopt cloud computing, so perhaps they don’t want to make that same mistake again and let private enterprise get too far ahead in blockchain.
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