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Canada's VA Investigates Vet Critics
Veterans Affairs Canada has found a nifty way to try and derail high-profile veterans who complain about its failure to deliver services: investigate them in a manner reminiscent of how long time FBI director J. Edgar Hoover went after folks he did not like.
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Major IT Vendors Violated Labor Laws
Federal auditors identified four information technology contractors that have committed big violations of health or wage regulations, as part of an investigation of 15 suppliers with prior offenses that won awards totaling more than $6 billion in 2009.
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Improving EHR's Safety Record
The Institute of Medicine will undertake a year-long study of how best to fulfill one of the great promises of health information technology: improving patient safety.
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VA two years behind schedule on issuing secure ID cards, IG concludes
The Veterans Affairs Department is nearly two years behind schedule in implementing secure credentials for employees and contractors as required by Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12.
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GTSI suspended from federal government contracting
GTSI has been suspended from winning new government contracts but vows to defend itself against charges that it inappropriately received small-business contract dollars.
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Telework tool: A DOD innovation goes wide
As legislation requiring agencies to move more aggressively to allow telework comes closer to passage, managers worry about security. A tool the Air Force developed could ease their minds.
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Mix NSA, a cyber data center and sales scam, and you get a conspiracy theory
Israelis posing as students selling art in neighborhoods near an area where the National Security Agency plans to build a data center to track and respond to cyberattacks had locals dreaming up spy plots.
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Recent large IT contracts could cut prices for government, experts say
Multibillion-dollar pacts might be positive for agencies, but they're not always beneficial for vendors that must pay more for a chance to participate.
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Cut Benefits, See Retirement Go Up
For years, government officials have predicted a wave of federal retirements, but it has yet to materialize. New Jersey may have found a way to make it a reality.
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Gates on Leadership and Irreverence
Defense Department Secretary Robert Gates gave a talk leadership to ROTC cadets at Duke University on Wednesday in which he said good leaders need both integrity and a sense of humor about themselves.
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Indiana U., Health IT Get Centered
Indian University's Bloomington campus is creating a new center to investigate "vexing ethical, legal and social issues" that are emerging alongside information technology that is transforming health care.
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U.S. Cyber Command not ready for prime time
Announcement that the U.S. Cyber Command is late in reaching full operational capability comes as the Army cyber component installs a commander and the Air Force cyber agency achieves full capabilities of its own.
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HHS works on framework for health IT standards
David Blumenthal, national coordinator for health IT, told a House subcommittee that HHS is working on a framework for standards and interoperability of health IT.
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