Digital Government
Mega Cyber Brief Coming Soon
It's hard to figure out who's on first in the cybersecurity game, as the White House slogs its way through a <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090326_7200.php>60-day cybersecurity review</a>, the National Security Agency stands up a <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090506_4087.php>Joint Functional Component Command for Network Warfare</a> and the Homeland Security Department <a href= http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090309_2252.php>jockeys</a> to run the cyber mission outside of the Defense Department.
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HHS tests template for electronic health record
The national coordinator for health IT is testing an online model for a digital personal health record.
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Defense launches campaign and Web site to destigmatize traumatic stress
The developers of the Real Warriors site aim to show how troops can seek help for illnesses such as post-traumatic stress disorder without jeopardizing their military careers.
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Memorial Day, Brasso, JPAC and Comrades
Army Sgt. Caleb Barrieau plans to honor on Monday -- Memorial Day -- the 58,195 fallen troops whose names are inscribed on the Vietnam Memorial the same way he has every weekend for the past nine weeks - with a can of Brasso and a polishing rag.
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Langston or Gilligan for Defense CIO
I'm picking up hints that Dr. Marv Langston, <a href=http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jun1997/m06121997_m100-97.html>appointed</a> the Navy's first chief information officer in 1997 and <a href=http://www.gilligangroupinc.com/about/john-gilligan-biography.html>John Gilligan</a>, who served as Air Force CIO from 2000-2005, are candidates for the Defense Department CIO slot, vacant since John Grimes <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2009/05/grimes_has_left_the_building.php>left the job</a> last month.
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Senate directs Defense to track soldiers injured by explosions
System will follow those hurt by blasts as a way to identify and diagnose those who may develop complications, including psychological disorders, years later.
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