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# FDA Emphasizing Automation
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/fda-emphasizing-automation/
- Published: 2022-02-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T17:31:49.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: FDA Policy/General, #legacy-id-D5151104

Speaking on a 2/3 GovFocus [panel](https://governmentciomedia.com/govfocus-live-automation-field-operations?ref=fdaweb.com), FDA acting chief technology officer **Sohail Chaudhry** said automation is a key element in the agency’s digital transformation plan, with user experience at the forefront of modernization efforts. “Data and people are at the heart of FDA,” he said.

A Nextgov online [report](https://www.nextgov.com/it-modernization/2022/02/fdas-modernization-focus-agency-mission-and-people/361646/?ref=fdaweb.com) says that as FDA works to introduce machine learning and automation into daily business operations, primarily with analyzing data, leadership is focusing on operationalizing tools that require minimal training.

Automated programs will work in areas like handwriting recognition, language translation, form recognition, dataset validation, and content comprehension and extraction, the report says, to help the agency streamline data and potentially improve data quality as it goes into cloud repositories.