Digital Government

What Feds Need Masks?

During a Thursday afternoon Web cast on the swine flu with top federal officials from the Health and Human and Services Department, the Homeland Security Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano received an e-mailed question from a Transportation Security Administration worker wondering about the use of face masks.

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The Swine Flu Web Talk Show

The Obama administration has deployed all kinds of nifty <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2009/04/fighting_swine_flu_online.php>Web tools</a> to inform the public about the current outbreak of swine flu - which the Health and Human and Services Department now calls the H1N1 variant of influenza - including a Web cast this afternoon with top federal officials in a format most Americans find comfortable: a talk show.

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Senator seeks indefinite competitive sourcing freeze

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Defense's 'top doc' and e-record proponent makes his last rounds

Dr. Casscells, assigned the task to improve care at the maligned Walter Reed Army Medical Center, focused on patients and the network that supports them.

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Kundra talks Data.gov

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Honorary Pest?

On Tuesday night, as I watched more than a squad of high-ranking folks called to the stage for induction into the Military Health Systems Honors Society, which was held during the farewell dinner for S. Ward Casscells, assistant secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Arlington, I thought someone had made a mistake.

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UPDATED: Powers-King temporarily acting deputy at GSA

Mary Powers-King is also the director for governmentwide acquisition contracts and Information Technology Schedule 70 programs at ITS..

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Bill would shut down over-budget, behind-schedule IT projects

Agencies would receive support from IT team for projects that run over original cost estimates, with severely over-budget ones facing cancellation.