Digital Government
Too Many Cookies, Invisible Links and Why McAfee Didn’t Help HealthCare.gov
Key reporting on the Obama administration’s signature policy initiative.
Modernization
Obamacare Data Hub Apparently Works Well, Mitigating Security Fears
The tool is critical for verifying applicants' identities and incomes.
Digital Government
Officials Spent Just Two Weeks Testing HealthCare.gov Prior to Launching It
In contrast, the website Medicare.com underwent months of assessment.
Digital Government
Medicare Paid Doctors, Hospitals $6.3 Billion to Adopt E-Health Records
Clinicians were paid $2.8 billion and hospitals $3.5 billion last year.
Digital Government
A public/private partnership that is saving lives
Steve Kelman explains why a Swedish emergency response system is a model for future cooperation.
Cybersecurity
NIST framework leaves crucial question unanswered
Latest draft fills in details, but debate continues over voluntary standards versus regulatory mandates.
Modernization
Is tax-filing delay tied to HealthCare.gov problems?
House Ways and Means chairman asks why IRS employees were excepted from the shutdown to work on the health care site, but not to test key tax systems.
People
What went wrong with HealthCare.gov?
Congressional hearing zeroes in on problems with testing, integration and project management.
Digital Government
What If Millennials Start to Hate Obamacare?
Republicans need young voters, and so they're searching for a way to exploit the ACA rollout debacle.
Digital Government
Why States Are Doing Obamacare Better
The main variable appears to be who's running it.
Cybersecurity
Homeland Security CFO heads to IRS
Peggy Sherry will replace Beth Tucker as the tax agency's deputy commissioner for operations support.
Digital Government
Get Ready for a New Digital Land Grab
But you'll need an Arabic, Russian, or Chinese dictionary.
Digital Government
New CFPB site could be a model for other agencies
"Regulation E" site is an open-source, one-stop resource for compliance officers and others tracking rules on electronic fund transfers.
Cybersecurity
Officials Aren’t Counting the Growing Cost of Online Obamacare Fraud
FBI, FTC and HHS say tracking dollars lost to fake exchanges and other sites that prey on insurance applicants isn’t their responsibility.
People
Want real innovation? Don't start from scratch!
The last thing federal IT needs is another 25-point plan. What's really required is some redefining.
Digital Government
Study: LPTA sacrifices long-term value, stifles innovation
Survey also finds significant perception gaps between feds and vendors on the tradeoffs of Lowest Price Technically Acceptable.
Cybersecurity
Thief cribs a patient’s ID off fine print on hospital worker’s Facebook photo
Healthcare and Public Health // Arizona, United States
Cybersecurity
Assessing the Capabilities of the Syrian Electronic Army
Experts gauge the damage the group could cause.
Digital Government
Obama Wasn’t Warned, 5 Million Lines of Code and Other HealthCare.gov News
Follow key reporting on the Obama administration’s signature policy initiative.
Digital Government