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Health IT gets a $220M funding transfusion
The Health and Human Services Department will give 15 nonprofit organizations $220 million for health IT pilot projects.
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What scares managers about younger workers
The use of social networking tools underscores the generational divide, but crossing that divide will help agencies accomplish their missions, panelists at the 2010 Open Government Innovations Conference say.
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Secrets to social media acceptance revealed
Panelists at the Open Government and Innovations Conference revealed tested strategies for convincing leaders to adop social media tools.
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Air Force writes a book on social media protocol
Air Force strategist offers a few do's and don'ts on putting together an effective social media guidebook.
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GSA's Johnson calls zero footprint goal government's "moon shot"
Green IT, stronger acquisition workforce top strategies for building sustainability.
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Coast Guard's PIER delivers the news on Gulf oil spill
The popular Deepwater Horizon Response website, created one day after the BP rig exploded, allows agencies to collaborate on information released to the public and could become a model for other agencies to use for disaster response.
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Texas' Ethnically Diverse Memorial
I live in small town America, <a href=http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=2004+8th+st+las+vegas+new+mexico&fb=1&gl=us&hnear=2004+8th+st+las+vegas+new+mexico&cid=0,0,928856835541983793&ei=q5DgS8nAKYaglAeS28H7CA&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CAcQnwIwAA>The Original Las Vegas</a>, in New Mexico, which means that folks just wander in from time to time.
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Is Internet freedom coming to China?
Blogger Steve Kelman takes gets a surprising response to his informal survey and American and Chinese students at the Kennedy School.
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Cultural Barriers
I <a href="http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/2010/05/virtual_career_fairs.php">wrote</a> on Monday about how the intelligence community is using virtual career fairs as a way to save money and draw the kinds of tech-savvy candidates it is seeking. Late last month, the Veterans Administration and the Labor Department also held a virtual job fair exclusively for veterans and military spouses. The online event, which used a virtual platform developed by Milicruit.com, included virtual booths where participants could learn about job opportunities at various public and private sector organizations, submit resumes and take part in virtual interviews.
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Are Digital Records Losing Steam?
Arm twisting by powerful health care lobbies stands a good chance of persuading the Obama administration to relax its ambitious timetable for digitizing the country's medical records.
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GAO finds $325M awarded to ineligible firms under SBA program
The Government Accountability Office found numerous cases of fraud while investigating 14 firms that falsely received federal contracts under the pretext of being small and disadvantaged businesses.
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HHS releases rule on insurance Web portal
The Health and Human Services Department has released an interim final rule on a new Web portal for information to allow consumers to compare insurance coverage.
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IT included in Sebelius' top priorities for HHS
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released her top strategic initiatives for the department, which include health IT elements.
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