The US government is going to host an inter-agency forum next month which will focus on blockchain technology.

The U.S. Federal Blockchain Forum will be held on July 18 in Washington, D.C. It is a program of GSA’s Emerging Citizen Technology program, organized in partnership with the Secretary of State’s Office of Global Partnerships and GSA’s Office of Information Technology Category.

According to the forum details on DigitalGov University, the forum will provide a platform to discuss, share, and develop blockchain use cases among federal government missions. Aimed at executives across the federal government, it will identify resource, policy, and compliance needs for the effective evaluation and implementation of blockchain technology in the federal government.

In addition, it also aims to:

“Develop a U.S. Federal Blockchain Atlas and roadmap for the next 6 months on how agencies can collaborate to achieve our goals and support the creation of shared services for Blockchain technology.”

For participating in the event, agency teams are required to submit a potential use case for blockchain technology.

Recently, the U.S. State Department a blockchain working group which will primarily focus on research applications of blockchain or distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) in the U.S. foreign policy.

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