Digital Government
NIST Releases Testing Protocol
Seeking to ensure that the nation's burgeoning health IT infrastructure lives up to expectations, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has released <a href="http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/techbeat/tb2010_0316.htm#hit">the first phase</a> of "a new health IT test method and related software." Three additional installments are to follow.
Digital Government
SSA Faces Shortage of IT Pros
The Social Security Administration will need to boost its recruitment, hiring, training and retention efforts of information technology specialists in order to offset a wave of IT retirements over the next six years, Federal Computer Week <a href="http://fcw.com/articles/2010/03/23/ssa-bracing-for-it-worker-retirements.aspx">reports</a>.
Digital Government
Twitter highlights USGS use of earthquake tweets
Twitter has posted a case study of a federal agency using its short messaging service for mission-related work.
Digital Government
Social media opens new door to cyberattacks, panel says
E-mail attachments are no longer the attack route of choice of computer hackers trying to break into government and industry systems.
Digital Government
Tech groups still worried about cert requirements in Rockefeller-Snowe bill
Technology trade groups remain concerned over certification requirements for cybersecurity professionals that would be required under a bill in the Senate.
Digital Government
Senator chides White House for ignoring existing transparency laws
Obama administration, for example, hasn't upgraded USAspending.gov, a searchable Web site containing all federal awards, to include subaward data, lawmaker claims.
Digital Government
Agencies walk a tightrope between cost savings and innovation
Washington Technology
Digital Government
Health Reform's Tech Angle
One of the least covered areas in the health care debate was the amount of technology that underlies the reforms, at least not in the mainstream media. But for the reforms to bring down costs as the Obama administration envisions, it's going to take a lot of applied technology.
Digital Government
Nation Building Starts with Telecom
The Defense Information Systems Agency wants some really smart folks to help it, the Central Command, the State Department and the Agency for International Development to <a href=https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=d469343af62d27ddf38abe886cd37b5f&tab=core&_cview=0>build an information communications technology infrastructure</a> for Afghanistan.
Digital Government
Workforce Key Concern for Agency CIOs
Managing and developing a top-notch IT workforce remains a key challenge for federal chief information officers, according to a new survey by TechAmerica and Grant Thornton.
Digital Government
NIST to map road to digital record preservation
NIST is hosting the first of an important series of meetings next week as a first step toward developing a national road map to digital record preservation.
Digital Government
IT plays critical role in health care reform
Health information technology and electronic health records (EHRs) underpin many of the provisions in the comprehensive health reform legislation passed by Congress and signed into law by the president.
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