Digital Government
RFID tags eyed to track Washington-area patients in case of disaster
System would serve one private, two federal hospitals.
Digital Government
OMB requires agencies to submit FISMA reports via online tool
Security specialists doubt the new rule will do much to improve computer network protection.
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House members to TSA: Don't destroy Registered Traveler data
Federal Computer Week
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Ask The Chairman - On YouTube
Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, <a href="http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2009/07/jcs_chair_on_facebook_with_lot.php">a well known Twitter and Facebook fan,</a> has now added YouTube to his social media arsenal. He's invited troops to join him for a YouTube-driven virtual town hall between now and the end of the month.
Digital Government
Goodbye XYZ. Hello, Generation C
There are countless studies, articles and blog posts out on the <a href="http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/generational_divide/">differences among different generations</a> in the workplace and their perceptions and uses of new technology. Steve Ressler, founder of Young Government Leaders and GovLoop, a social networking site for federal employees, told Wired Workplace on Tuesday that while there is a generational divide between older federal workers and younger ones who simply grew up digital, the Generation Content, or Generation C, concept, which characterizes people of any age who actively uses social media and engages others on the Internet, is taking hold.
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Data, communications dominate LandWarNet conference
The 2009 LandWarNet conference in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., brought together government and industry leaders to discuss pressing issues affecting the military's combat operations. Below are some highlights from the conference.
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Obama's e-health agenda receives cash infusion
Administration officials this past week have publicly tied the benefits of health IT to the president's larger, more controversial health care reform effort.
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