Digital Government
Plan to coordinate counternarcotics technologies unclear
Southwest border strategy offers few details about overlap with existing homeland security programs.
Digital Government
Targeting youth, Military Health System adds social networking tools
The move is aimed at attracting more young troops who make up the agency's largest group of patients but are among the least likely to visit the site.
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GAO: IRS halts development of Customer Account Data Engine
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VA/SPAWAR Deal: No SEWP
The Veterans Affairs Department has an instruction in place that all information technology purchases go through the governmentwide Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (<a href="http://www.sewp.nasa.gov/">SEWP</a>), managed by NASA.
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New GI Bill Ripoff
One of the key tasks the VA IT shop has assigned to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center is the <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20081029_2928.php">development of a claims processing system</a> for the new GI Bill, formally known as the <a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_bills&docid=f:h2642enr.txt.pdf">Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act.</a>
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Kudos for fast VA Response
I have complained in the past about my queries to the VA going into as black hole. No more, thanks to Katie Roberts, the new VA press secretary.
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ONCHIT tests guidance for health records
HHS is testing a template for an electronic personal health record
Digital Government
Regulations.gov wins praise for public outreach
The federal rule-tracking Web site is soliciting input from citizens on its proposed redesign.
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