Digital Government
Patients Want Access to e-Records
The vast majority of Americans have never asked a doctor to provide them with personal health information or medical records in an electronic format, yet 70 percent of people responding to a new survey said it's important for doctors and hospitals to provide them with electronic copies of that information.
People
Agency leaders, advocates see tipping point on telework
Federal officials and telework experts say government is ripe for making telework a normal part of its work routine, rather than a neglected relative of normal on-site productivity.
Ideas
Tennessee Town Blocks Facebook From Employee Computers
The City of Cleveland, Tenn. is removing computer games and blocking social networking sites, such as Facebook, from city-owned computers.
Modernization
CMS puts Medicare personal health data at your fingertips
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rolls out a new download capability to grant 47 million Medicare patients online access to their medical records.
Cybersecurity
Morphing threat landscape demands evolution in agency cyber battle planning
A Symantec executive supplies federal agencies with a few tips about the state of the cybersecurity universe.
Digital Government
Scrambling the message: AT&T launches encrypted voice service for feds
New encryption technology offers secure calls for government, law enforcement users.
Digital Government
About that average 7.2 percent premium increase …
Well, now that the news on FEHBP health insurance premium increases has settled in—we’ve gotten some emails taking issue with the OPM statement that the average employee share of those premiums will go up 7.2 percent.
Digital Government
First set of Smart Grid standards submitted to energy regulators
The first standards for Smart Grid interoperability and security have completed a cybersecurity review by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and have been forwarded to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for adoption. The Energy Department also is funding research on Smart Grid security.
Digital Government
5 countries gain DNS Security Extensions
Five Latin American and Caribbean country code top-level domains have been digitally signed, expanding the number of domains protected with DNS Security Extensions protocols.
Modernization