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HHS to give Gulf states a shot of health IT
The department will spend about $3.7 million to encourage the use of electronic health records in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.
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Senate passes health IT bill
Frist-Clinton-Enzi-Kennedy measure would encourage health IT adoption, mandate health care quality reporting and support executive branch efforts already under way.
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ManTech reports $125M in contract wins
Contracts cover threat detection, data exploitation, visualization, counter-intelligence analysis and other types of work.
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Former Anteon exec joins TechTeam
Dennis Kelly will be president of the new organization.
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Former Navy surgeon general joins BearingPoint
Dr. Michael Cowan will lead the development of new service offerings and provide advice in the strategic recruitment and development of practitioners.
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Dems plan to jump-start America's technological competitiveness
Initiatives would support research, training and education in an effort to inspire future innovation.
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Input creates expert consulting group
Four seasoned executives, two from industry and two from government, make up the group, with more to come in the near future.
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Input: IT spending on state, local tax systems to rise
State and local jurisdictions are more focused on financial management and on projects to improve financial performance, the report indicates.
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GSA pushes for budget merge
Congress has still not approved merging the agency's general supply fund and information technology fund.
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Viisage to acquire fingerprint-screening company
The company's acquisition of Integrated Biometric Technology is the first since L-1 Investment Partners agreed to invest $100 million in Viisage.
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Oracle/Siebel deal gets Justice nod
The Justice Department has approved Oracle’s pending acquisition of Siebel Systems.
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USDA bill provides $33.4M for animal ID
The bill, passed last week, also put tight restrictions on the department's acquisition of new information technology systems.
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