Digital Government

Facing an innovation deficit

Proponents of U.S. competitiveness beat the drum for more spending on IT research

Digital Government

California rejects Diebold

California has chosen not to use an electronic voting machine made by Diebold Election Systems.

Digital Government

Uniform privacy rules are debated

A long-running debate over protecting the privacy of health information made an appearance at a House Ways and Means subcommittee hearing Wednesday.

Digital Government

Florida makes a move to a health IT network

Sunshine state plans to build a state equivalent to the national network for health IT.

Digital Government

HyperSpace acquisition of MPC is completed

The newly combined company will develop software as well as build on MPC's designs for hardware.

Digital Government

Marchibroda: Congress on the move

The recent spate of congressional activity in health information technology bodes well for the future of health care.

Digital Government

Bush signs law that creates medical error databases

The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005, signed by President Bush, will require the establishment of a network of databases to hold medical error data.

Digital Government

Health IT could get boost in Fed health plan

Rep. Jon Porter (R-Nev.) plans to introduce a bill to get the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, the largest health plan in the country, to use health IT.

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Health association calls for code updates

A medical records code set currently in use is outdated and running out of room for expansion, the American Health Information Management Association says.

Digital Government

Hillary takes on video games

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Digital Government

Alberta launches $153.7M medical digital imagery system

The new system is expected to save the Canadian province $350 million a year.

Digital Government

Tampa law agencies form network

CopLink technology will enable investigators to search data stored in multiple jurisdictions.

Digital Government

SI revenue soars 50 percent

Organic growth and acquisitions combine to send integrator earnings up.

Digital Government

Lockheed credits IT for part of its growth

IT figured strongly in company's first quarter growth as well.

Digital Government

Senate committee approves merged health IT bill

Senate committee members last week approved a bipartisan health information technology bill.

Digital Government

Fewer flex-skeds

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Digital Government

Does the Bush administration 'get IT'?

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Digital Government

Parcel data is hot real estate

A Center for Technology in Government study finds strong demand for more -- and more accurate -- land information.

Digital Government

Opposition to Senate bill increases

A proposed amendment would prohibit contractors from marking up prices of subcontractor services.