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VA health IT study comes with caveat, researcher says
A researcher of a recent study said the Veterans Affairs Department may have saved billions of dollars from using health IT, but the actual savings are not known.
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The 2010 Rising Star Awards: A call for nominations
The 1105 Government Information Group is now accepting nominations for the 2010 Rising Star awards program. This annual program honors up-and-coming government and industry employees who are making a mark in the federal IT community. The deadline is May 17.
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Are You an IT Ninja?
We've all heard about the importance of using buzzwords to punch up résumés. But there's a new buzzword entering the mix, particularly for information technology workers: "ninja." <em>The Wall Street Journal</em> <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303410404575151843265692682.html?mod=e2tw">reports</a> that the term, which is becoming a popular buzzword on IT résumés, is meant to imply that the applicant can take on any challenge that's thrown at them. Social networking Web site LinkedIn reported that the growth of "ninja" as a new buzzword far outpaced the growth of other trendy titles in 2009.
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IT Procurement, Happily Ever After
If Aesop were writing today, he might spin a cautionary tale about the selection of electronic health records. The moral? A proprietary system that looks like a golden goose may turn out to be a costly pile of sour grapes. Or something like that.
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Telework directive for Nuclear Security Summit signals changing times
OPM director John Berry issued a memo April 7th urging federal employees who can work at home or an alternative site to do so
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GSA's quest for free contest app may be fruitless, some say
Request for information asks industry to provide a tool that agencies can use for managing online competitions to spur innovation and encourage public participation.
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Agencies to get more nuanced marks on small business contracting
Moving from a stoplight system to letter grades will increase clarity and transparency of score card, according to SBA.
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Heads Up on Upcoming EHR Study
The California HealthCare Foundation plans to release on Monday findings from a study that documents for the first time specific health benefits patients have reported from using personal health records. (Another term for electronic health records.) The study's authors also will release findings also on who are using e-records and the latest on the public's privacy concerns.
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The future of telework technology: A wish list
As teleworking grows, policies are changing and needs are increasing. Managers lay out their vision of the near future, and the technologies they'll need to get them there.
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The emergence of the e-patient
The National Library of Medicine held a conference to highlight how patients are using health IT to help manage their own care.
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Federal IT market poised to hit $111.9B by 2015
Input predicts that the federal market for information technology contractors will grow at a faster rate than the overall federal IT budget, hitting $111.9 billion by 2015.
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US IT pros concerned about cloud security
Nearly half of U.S. IT professionals surveyed believe that the risks of cloud computing outweigh its benefits.
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OPM Creates IT Jobs Register
The Office of Personnel Management on Thursday announced it has launched a new tool that will enable federal agencies to find top candidates for the most commonly hired positions, including those in information technology.
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Keep your contracting staff in the loop
Program managers do themselves a favor when they include contracting experts early in the process, writes Steve Kelman.
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Joint Radios in MRAPs
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. - I arrived here on Wednesday to see a demo of the Joint Tactical Radio Systems program operating in the vehicle of choice for Afghanistan and Iraq: mine resistant ambush protected vehicles. I plan to file a full report on Thursday for the Nextgov news feed.
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