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The ties that bind
The 2009 Rising Stars share certain characteristics: initiative, creativity, entrepreneurial drive and, of course, unlimited imagination.
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Health IT panel endorses preliminary certification procedure
A federal advisory committee today endorsed the idea of setting up a new temporary procedure for certifying electronic health records.
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Firm awaits decision on whether Defense will disclose contractor ratings
The FOIA Group hopes the Obama administration's commitment to transparency will be enough for it to overturn past decisions to not release contractors' performance scores.
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E-health committee calls for multiple groups to certify records systems
Decision would remove conflict of interest that critics charge is endemic in the certification process.
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Complexity of Networx offerings causes delays
Agencies are unexpectedly splitting requirements into different categories, resulting in multiple competitions.
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The Final Four for VHA Job
I have some pretty good intel that the Veterans Affairs Department has narrowed its search for new undersecretary of health and head of the Veterans Health Administration to these four candidates:
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Agencies Pay More Student Loans
Federal agencies increased their spending on student loan repayments for employees by 22 percent in 2008, and the incentives were widely used for recruiting and retaining information technology workers, according to a new <a href="http://www.opm.gov/oca/pay/studentloan/html/CY2008StudentLoanRepaymentReport.pdf">report</a> by the Office of Personnel Management.
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8 objections to playing it safe with emerging IT
Readers take issue with a former DHS official who urges caution when it comes to cloud computing, agile development and other IT fads.
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