Digital Government
Don't Ask, and Ye Shall Recieve
Roger Baker, the chief information officer at the Veterans Affairs Department and <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2010/02/vas_66_billion_man.php>the $6.6 billion man</a>, will get a few more shekels to spend in fiscal 2011 if the Senate VA committee and the Republicans on the House VA committee get their way in the long budget process.
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Kaiser policies for veteran health records still raising questions
A conflict may exist in Kaiser Permanente's descriptions of its security policies on electronic health records.
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Fed IT Workers Get $13 Mil in Bonuses
Federal agencies paid more than $280 million in bonuses in 2008 to recruit, retain and relocate employees, according to a new report from the Office of Personnel Management.
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VA may restore access to DOD medical record systems soon
The Veterans Affairs Department is working to fix remaining computer glitches that caused it to restrict electronic access to Defense Department patient medical record systems.
Digital Government
Killer cell phones, Part 3: Enemy of the state
GCN Lab’s Greg Crowe questions the effectiveness of adding health warning labels to cell phones.
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Geospatial preparedness checklist
A committee of the National Academies' National Research Council studied the role of geospatial data and tools in emergency management and produced this checklist that outlines the most valuable types of geospatial data and real-time data collection methods.
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Army plans to create huge enterprise e-mail system
Contract would consolidate nearly 1 million accounts onto one platform and outsource the program to cut the $400 million the service spends on managing current systems.
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GSA announces $10 billion telecom contract to complement Networx
Networx offers recurring infrastructure and transport services but does not provide labor or equipment outside of network or telecommunications service delivery.
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Transparency for Vets
The <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090401_5914.php>transparency thing</a> touted by President Obama in his first full day in office evidently does not apply to all patient safety alerts issued by the Veterans Affairs Department.
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Are Feds Overpaid?
<em>USA Today</em> has an interesting <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-03-04-federal-pay_N.htm">article</a> that claims that federal employees earn higher average salaries than private-sector workers in several occupations, including information technology. According to Bureau of Labor Statistics data, federal workers earned an average salary of $67,691 in 2008 for occupations that exist both in government and the private sector, while average pay for the same jobs in the private sector was $60,046 in 2008, the article states.
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Government maps path to geospatial data
Geospatial experts see game-changing shift in geospatial technology, empowering federal managers not just geospatial specialists.
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Help a govlooper
When Antonia Broadwell, wife of former U.S. Geological Survey employee David Broadwell, was diagnosed with a serious form of cancer, the GovLoop community swung into action.
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DOD welcomes Web 2.0 to its networks
Defense Department officials released a long-awaited set of policy directives for the use of social networking and other Internet technologies, a move that earned positive and negative reactions.
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