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Pentagon Says 20 Vendors Can Meet its Electronic Health Record Needs
Defense acquisition chief says Pentagon will not get locked into proprietary software.
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GSA sets wireless purchase agreement
The General Services Administration's new blanket purchase agreement with the four major U.S. wireless carriers will not only allow the agency to consolidate service plans and centralize device management, it could save the government hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Op-ed: Combating Blood Money With Big Data
The shortest path to criminal networks is through analytics.
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DOD looking for new health records system
After a month-long review to determine the way forward in a joint electronic health records program with the Veterans Affairs Department, DOD officials now say they will open their end of the system to competition.
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Student Spies Trade NIH Research to China in Exchange for Tuition
The three scientists accused worked at New York University's Langone Medical Center conducting research on MRIs.
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China’s Bird Flu Has Been Conquered—at Least For Now
The total number of infections has not increased since the tally hit 131 on May 8 (including one in Taiwan) but China, and the rest of the world, are not out of the danger zone yet.
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Kepler space telescope's mission may be over
While NASA engineers are still working on the problem that sidelined the scope, no solution is in sight.
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House working group to examine supply chain security
A bipartisan working group will look at the federal government's role in establishing best practices, among other things.
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Hagel Opts for Commercial Electronic Health Record Software
The Defense secretary leaves the door open for a VA-developed system.
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NASA's 19-Gigapixel Filmstrip of the Earth from Russia to South Africa
A meditation on the diversity of Earth.
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Disconcerting Robot Detects Depression
Augmenting psychiatric diagnosis with data
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Jon Stewart on the Delayed Defense-VA Health Record Decision
Don’t miss the Chuck Hagel Advent Calendar.
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Nate Silver: Big data's value is not in the data
Without good analysis, data can lead people down wrong roads.
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VanRoekel to Temporarily Lead OMB Management Team
The administration's top tech executive will retain his duties as federal CIO.
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If You Want a Job in Tech, Learn to Code
'I'm probably not going to hire you,' exec tells recent grads, too many of whom lack critical skills.
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What About That iEHR Decision?
Hagel promised a plan within 30 days. That was more than 30 days ago.
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Navy Readies Full Production Buy of Shipboard Network Systems
Service plans to launch procurement by end of month.
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Shared Services Can Be a Money Maker for Some Agencies
Agencies counteract dwindling IT budgets by offering services to other divisions.
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Boston Marathon shows good and bad of info sharing
The response to the bombings at the Boston Marathon put agency collaboration ambitions to the test.
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