Digital Government

Commission to start preliminary certifications for EHRs

A group that certifies electronic health records will give health care providers a head start on getting incentive payments under the economic stimulus law.

Digital Government

Open Government Directive only weeks away

Agencies will need formal plans on providing machine-readable data to the public.

Digital Government

i4i rebuts ‘each and every’ Microsoft Word defense

Plaintiff i4i files a responding brief in the Microsoft Word dispute, rebutting Microsoft’s defenses.

Digital Government

Government takes on new data services role

Web sites such as Recovery.gov and Data.gov are making federal statistics and information widely meaningful, technology executives say.

Digital Government

Program to track citizen border crossings exceeds expectations

New system speeds security checks for travelers at land and sea ports, DHS official says.

Digital Government

GAO: Pentagon must improve systems acquisition process

Defense has not fully complied with 2003 authorization provisions meant to facilitate better IT purchases, congressional watchdog finds.

Digital Government

FCC buying emergency notification system

Federal Computer Week

Digital Government

Benefits of Web 2.0

A new <a href="http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Business_Technology/BT_Strategy/How_companies_are_benefiting_from_Web_20_McKinsey_Global_Survey_Results_2432">survey</a> by consultant McKinsey and Company of nearly 1,700 executives from around the world found that nearly 70 percent of respondents believe that their companies have gained measureable benefits from Web 2.0 and social networking tools. Successful companies also are not only tightly integrating Web 2.0 technologies with the workflows of their employees but are also creating a "networked company," linking themselves with customers and suppliers through the use of Web 2.0 tools, the study found. With the current recession, respondents overwhelmingly said they will continue to invest in Web 2.0.

Digital Government

The Federal Virtual World Challenge

The Army Research and Development Engineering Command is looking for more than a few good virtual worlds, and has kicked of a <a href=http://www.fvwc.army.mil/>real world challenge</a> to find the best for itself, the Homeland Security Department, NASA and other federal agencies.

Digital Government

GSA dominates list of 10 most popular contracts

GSA vehicles capture six of the 10 most popular contracts, according to an 1105 Government Information Group survey.

Digital Government

Report gives Obama administration mixed review on secrecy practices

White House receives high and low marks for transparency memo, seeking input on classification policy and for its overhaul of stimulus tracking Web site, open government group says.

Digital Government

Disputed E-Verify rules go into effect

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