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title: FEMA | ERP Transition | Battling Opioid Crisis
description: Original Broadcast 7/30/23
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# [FEMA | ERP Transition | Battling Opioid Crisis](https://fedgovtoday.com/tv-show/2023/07/28/2664)

 Written by [montecristomedia](https://fedgovtoday.com/tv-show/author/montecristomedia) | Jul 28, 2023 4:00:00 AM

 

 

*This edition of Fed Gov Today is sponsored by Accenture Federal Services.*

Original Broadcast 7/30/23

The [Federal Emergency Management Agency](https://www.fema.gov/) will move [all of its grant programs onto a single platform](https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fema_go-grants-outcomes-frequently-asked-questions.pdf). It’s [about halfway finished](https://federalnewsnetwork.com/it-modernization/2023/06/after-setbacks-fema-aims-to-complete-grants-modernization-roll-out-by-next-spring/) with the job already. **Charlie Armstrong**, the Chief Information Officer at FEMA, tells you how the transition is going, and how [he’s going to use a new DHS hiring tool](https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2023/04/dhs-cyber-talent-management-system-slowly-gaining-traction/) to bring in cyber talent.

 

The Defense Logistics Agency has a new enterprise resource planning system online now, after [it finished a 24-month timeline in 16 months](https://federalnewsnetwork.com/ask-the-cio/2022/09/dlas-success-with-its-erp-migration-sets-up-future-business-transformations/). Agencies across government say they’re using ERP modernizations to transform their business practices too. **Amy Giovannucci**, Platforms Capability Lead and Managing Director for Accenture Federal Services, details what agencies should be ready for when they start an ERP transition.

[A program office](https://www.hrsa.gov/about/organization/bureaus/forhp) [inside the Department of Health and Human Services](https://www.hrsa.gov/) supports customized services all around the country to help deal with the opioid crisis. The program has touched more than two million people in 47 states and two territories. [**Megan Meach**am](https://servicetoamericamedals.org/peoples-choice-award/), Director of the Rural Strategic Initiatives Division in the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy at the Health Resources and Services Administration at HHS, [and her team](https://servicetoamericamedals.org/peoples-choice-award/) are [winners of the People’s Choice Award](https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/07/20/hrsas-rural-communities-opioid-response-program-team-wins-2023-samuel-j-heyman-service-america-medals-peoples-choice-award.html) in this year’s Service to America Medals.

 

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