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Air Force names new chief information officer
Brig. Gen. Ian R. Dickinson will head up communications and information activities at Headquarters Air Force Space Command.
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HHS provides $144M for health IT training and research
The Health and Human Services Department is handing out $144 million to set up health IT workforce training programs and health IT research projects.
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Can virtual worlds create better spies?
The Office of the Director of National intelligence wants to harness virtual worlds to create better trained intell officers.
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Think you want an iPad? Read this first!
Everyone seems to want an iPad, but is it worth it? Early reviews paint a muddled picture of iPad's pros and cons.
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NIH contract in GSA's crosshairs brings in $2.1 billion a year
If the General Services Administration is successful in convincing the Office of Federal Procurement Policy that NIH should lose its governmentwide contract authority, the agency could pick up $1 billion in new business.
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Report: Defense contractors battle 'relentless' online assaults
Unfriendly -- and friendly -- nations use Internet tools, including social networking, to ferret out information on military IT systems, UAVs and aeronautical technology.
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On Interagency Collaboration
InformationWeek on Thursday <a href=http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/policy/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224201003>reported</a> that the Health IT Policy Committee's certification workgroup is considering a partnership with the Food and Drug Administration to develop an electronic health records certification program.
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NASA Seeks High-Tech Workforce
NASA is in the process of creating an agencywide career Web site to help attract undergraduate and graduate students to NASA job opportunities, including those in science and technology, the agency announced Friday.
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Battle in Afghanistan pits daily operations against congressional regulations
The struggle between meeting wartime needs and fostering transformation doesn't always have to hinder progress if the government can find a sweet spot in policy.
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DOE pitches $10M for energy cybersecurity
The Energy Department has finally announced details of the grant it will award for setting up a National Electric Sector Cyber Security Organization.
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OPM Touts Success of PMF Program
The Office of Personnel Management announced on Friday that the 2010 job fair for the Presidential Management Fellows Program was a great success, drawing more than 2,000 PMF participants from more than 87 federal agencies. The job fair, held March 30 through April 1 in Washington, D.C., resulted in a number of job offers, OPM said. To date, more than 7,000 PMF participants have joined the federal government.
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