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Treating 419,000
That figure -- 419,000 vets form the Afghanistan and Iraq wars -- staggers the mind, especially when you consider that this is 61 percent above the number the Veterans Affairs Department treated in its 153 hospitals and more than 1,110 outpatient clinics in 2008, according to the report on the Senate version of the VA fiscal 2010 appropriations bill passed on Tuesday.
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Feds falling behind in the race against cyber threats, GAO says
Despite increased cooperation among agencies that protect the government's information infrastructure, persistent vulnerabilities and lack of comprehensive security programs leave government IT systems vulnerable to attack.
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Scholarships for Federal IT Service
A bill introduced on Tuesday would create a scholarship program to fund education in mission-critical fields in exchange for a federal service commitment. The bill (S.2789), introduced by Sens. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., would create a civilian counterpart to the military's Reserve Officer Training Corps by offering scholarships in mission-critical fields like information technology, science, engineering, public health and law, in exchange for a commitment to work for the government.
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NIH preparing small business GWAC for IT services
The National Institutes of Health has released a draft RFP for a small business set-aside acquisition vehicle that will cover a broad array of IT services.
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Hospitals tighten security on patient data
More than half of health care executives surveyed said they are buying new cybersecurity tools to comply with the economic stimulus law's requirements to protect patient data.
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Army chief of staff outlines global security challenges
Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey outlines four key areas must be addressed for global security.
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Work stops again on TSA infrastructure contract
Barely a week after restarting work on its $500 million infrastructure contract, TSA issues a stop-work order to CSC.
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Medical mapping tool ready for test drive
The National Library of Medicine has released a draft mapping tool to link a standardized medical vocabulary of clinical terms to applications for billing and claims.
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Senate passes VA bill with $3.3 billion in IT funding
Appropriations include development of a common VA-Defense health and benefits record.
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GAO: Security agency is making progress, but still falling short
Report says Federal Protective Service needs to pay more attention to resource allocation, technology and information management.
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