Digital Government
Monitoring Data Breaches
The Health and Human Services Department is stepping up to contain and investigate health data breaches, <em>Government Health IT</em> <a href=http://govhealthit.com/newsitem.aspx?nid=73539>reported</a> last week.
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Technology's Bargaining Chip
The Federal Managers Association's new president, Patricia Niehaus, told <em>Federal Times</em> in an <a href=http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20100416/BENEFITS01/4160305/1001>interview</a> this month that technology could play a role in bargaining, but not to the extent of dictating what an agency should buy. An excerpt from the interview:
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Northrop Grumman names new head of Washington office
Lanzillotta takes over the corporation's DC office temporarily
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Cell-All smarter phone is DHS' version of the Tricorder
DHS is looking to the telecommunications side of mobile phones to help it develop the "Cell-All" smartphone that features a sensor capable of detecting deadly chemicals.
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CDC goes viral through social media
Janice Nall, CDC's director of the Division of eHealth Marketing, offers some advice to agencies looking to engage citizens.
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Many agencies earn failing grade for e-recordkeeping
Seventy-nine percent of more than 200 departments, agencies, and sub-agencies that responded to a recent survey from the National Archives and Records Administration were found to have a high or moderate risk of improperly destroying records.
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AHRQ requests research on improving patient health
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality wants proposals for its new research program to identify the best treatments for patients.
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Maryland governor earns IT award
The National Association of State Chief Information Officers awards Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley with the association's 2010 National Technology Champion Award.
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Revamped Thrift Savings website could be delayed until June
Load tests must be completed and multimedia features will be added as the project evolves, officials say.
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White House creates advisory board on federal management
Group will offer guidance on government operations, technology.
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AF Awards a Sign of the Times
In a sign of the times, the operators of unmanned aerial vehicle won the Air Force's 2010 Team of the Year award.
Digital Government
A Pattern of Better Health Care
The potential of health IT to improve patients' outcomes is undermined by information systems that "are not designed to collect data to support quality improvement as the primary purpose," says a report released this week by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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