In conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), CTAC is excited to announce the full public release of a new capability for ASPR’s emPOWER Map application at ONC’s Annual Meeting taking place January 27-28, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

The emPOWER Map is now enabled to support Artificial Intelligence (AI) integration with Alexa and Google Personal Assistant. This new feature, within the emPOWER Map application, is among the first applications in the government to support Personal Device assistant interfaces and allows the user to interact with the application the same way they would through a web browser.  For instructions to enable the Alexa skill or Google Personal Assistant, please visit https://empowermap.hhs.gov to learn more.

The first version of the emPOWER Map launched in 2015. It is very exciting to see how the program has grown and the impact the application has had over the years. The subsequent technological advancements the emPOWER Map allow us and our client to provide continuous improvements for first-responders, at-risk populations and other users – CTAC is using Big Data to save lives!

The emPOWER Map in the news:

• Hurricane Florence could be storm of ‘historic proportions’: HHS Secretary Alex Azar 
• Utilizing AWS DevOps solutions, CTAC’s emPOWER map application protects America’s most vulnerable from Hurricane Florence

CTAC, a CMMI L2, Dev award-winning, privately-owned small business has been providing AWS cloud solutions, APIs, AI/ML, web application development, Drupal content management, DevSecOps, and creative business process solutions to government and private sector clients since 1993 and to HHS since 1999. CTAC believes in meeting the needs of customer to accomplish their missions with the best solutions for all IT, business, and leadership groups.