Digital Government
Feds to rely on technology to make health reform law a reality
Web sites will provide the public and small businesses ways to compare insurance plans, analyze risks for heart disease and diabetes, and access to counselors to discuss weight control and stress reduction.
Digital Government
Senate passes $35 billion FAA reauthorization bill
Lawmakers push agency to continue deploying upgrades to air traffic control system at the busiest U.S. airports by 2014.
Digital Government
New Deputy Director at HHS
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is getting a new deputy director. His name is Craig Brammer and he's (now) the former project director of <a href=http://www.forces4quality.org/welcome>Aligning Forces for Quality</a> in Cincinnati.
Digital Government
Health Care Reform in Your Inbox?
Over the weekend, a political blogger and the White House took aim at each other over charges that the Obama administration had sent some federal employees e-mails asking them to support health care reform.
Digital Government
How can we be at cyberwar if we don't know what it is?
Before plunging into a Cold-War style cyber arms race with our online enemies, the United States needs to decide just exactly what cyberwar is, who should fight it and how to do it.
Digital Government
Britain plans to take Gov 2.0 to the next level
Under a new proposal, every British citizen would get a personal Web site through which they learn what local services are available to them and do business with government.
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States consolidate technology in response to tough economy
Consolidating IT infrastructures used by hundreds of state government agencies not only makes financial sense but also positions states to better use technology, state CIOs say.
Digital Government
Touched by History
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. -- I had the privilege on Sunday of participating for the second time in the annual <a href=http://www.bataanmarch.com/>Bataan Memorial Death March</a> here at this sprawling Army military installation that occupies much of New Mexico south of the small city of Alamogordo.
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FCC claims a role in health IT policy
The Federal Communications Commission released its National Broadband Plan last week, and lo and behold, there was a big section that highlighted health information technology and telehealth applications.
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NIST creating tools to test health IT products
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is taking on an IT product testing role related to the distribution of $17 billion in economic stimulus funds for health IT.
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