Digital Government
A Warm Farewell to Rob Kolodner
After 31 years of service, Dr. Rob Kolodner, National Health IT coordinator from 2006 until this year -- and before that a 28 year stint at the Veterans Affairs Department capped by a tour as chief health informatics officer in Veterans Health Administration -- retires from the federal nest today.
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Newmark Praises Federal IT Workers
Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist.org, has a great <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-newmark/here-comes-gov-20----and_b_290766.html">piece</a> at The Huffington Post on how social media and Web 2.0 tools have changed the work dynamics of many federal employees, thus resulting in better levels of public service. "The challenge will be too many good ideas," he writes, asserting the need to break down the barriers to Gov 2.0 within agencies and get the word out on innovative Gov 2.0 projects government workers are putting in place.
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U.S. lags the world's top adopters of electronic health records systems
Report urges the government to adopt Scandinavian policies to increase use of the systems, but acknowledges the task here will be greater.
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Acquisition gives Dell entre into more profitable federal IT services market
Perot Systems' growing electronic health records business should offset shrinking margins in the personal computer industry.
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Immigration service revamps Web site to offer more interactive tools
Portal provides status updates for foreigners applying for citizenship and immigration services.
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Hospital Exec Tapped for VA Health Job?
Well-informed folks have told me that <a href=http://www.ssmhc.com/internet/home/ssmcorp.nsf/46a13372d66f8fe8862569f50053bbaa/777fc0898ff3324a862573cd007b92f4?OpenDocument>William Schoenhard</a>, who until this August served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of St. Louis-based SSN Health Care has the inside track as the new head of the Veterans Health Administration.
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OPM Kicks Off Annual Charity Drive
The Office of Personnel Management has kicked off the 2009 Combined Federal Campaign, the world's largest workplace giving campaign. OPM Director John Berry on Friday sent a <a href="http://www.chcoc.gov/Transmittals/TransmittalDetails.aspx?TransmittalId=2505">letter</a> to the Chief Human Capital Officers Council, stressing the importance of supporting the CFC as a means to show the American people who federal workers really are. "For over three decades, federal workers have been denigrated and maligned," Berry wrote. "These attacks have hurt recruitment, they've hurt retention, and ultimately, they impair our ability to serve the American people."
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Health data breach notification rule starts Sept. 23
A new Health and Human Services Department rule that requires health care organizations to notify patients when their data is disclosed without authorization goes into effect Sept. 23.
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