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IG On VA/SPAWAR Contract Mess
I have picked up some pretty good intelligence that the VA inspector general has just finished a report detailing mismanagement of contracts that the department's IT shop farmed out to the Space and Naval Systems Center.
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Update: VA Patient Scheduling Debacle
The Veterans Affairs Department plans to conduct a "rigorous four moth review of potential options" for its long delayed $167 million <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090331_5665.php>patient scheduling system</a>, which crashed last month, a VA press secretary told me.
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Proposed breach notification rule would affect more health vendors
Microsoft and Google's health records programs, iPhone applications and monitoring devices connected to the Internet would be subject to notification guidelines.
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Plans to expand Internet access in Cuba prompt censorship warnings
Service providers should not be ordered to limit free speech, say civil liberties groups.
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Obama names Virginia tech secretary as chief technology officer
President says Aneesh Chopra, who worked on the transition team, will look to technology to create jobs, reduce health care costs and secure the nation.
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Demonizing Veterans, DHS' Deja vu
In July 1975, I wrote an <a href=http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/trial/vietnam/r1/1975/>article</a> for TV Guide that started:
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Knowledge retention helps agencies retain employees' expertise
Organizations use knowledge-retention programs to capture workplace wisdom and provide mechanisms for sharing expertise learned from retiring workers.
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Military doctors blast new system to track wounded soldiers in Iraq
Clinicians are frustrated by long delays to access information and frequently must look for multiple files on one patient to gather a complete report on battle injuries.
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