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DOD unhappy with electronic records upgrade
The Defense Department should learn from the problems with its AHLTA medical records system before buying a new system, GAO says.
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BSA debuts asset management standard
A trade group has developed a certification program that will help agency managers keep cloud operations and software management humming.
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Experts warn: Government ill-prepared for cyberattacks
An overwhelming percentage of security experts say cyberattacks against companies and government are increasing but neither group is properly equipped to protect itself, according to a cybersecurity survey released today.
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CDT: Meritless take-down notices could hurt online free speech
Doctrine of fair use cited by Center for Democracy and Technology.
Cybersecurity
One agency wants Internet wiretaps, another wants privacy protected
Advocates see a disconnect between the FBI's desire to obtain online communications for investigations and Homeland Security's campaign to convince the public to safeguard personal information.
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More than half of major corporations report politically motivated cyberattacks
Nearly two-thirds of companies that operate the world's critical infrastructures say the attacks were somewhat to extremely effective.
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Suspension of IT contractor has roots in 2008 bid protest
Allegations against GTSI first were leveled by a New Mexico small business two years ago.
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Veterans Affairs CIO sees another year of no growth in IT spending
Roger Baker also tells senators he is pursuing an open source electronic health record system to keep the department's medical system the best in the country.
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Are the new FEHBP rates onerous?
Well, OPM has posted the new Federal Employees Health Benefits Program premium rates—and reaction is mixed.
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Guns Mean Butter
John Feffer, co-director of <a href=www.fpif.org>Foreign Policy In Focus</a> at the Institute for Policy Studies, wrote a <a href=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-feffer/take-this-job-andtransfor_b_751303.html>blog post</a> for <em>The Huffington Post</em> on Tuesday musing about this weekend's gathering in Washington of "tens of thousands of people . . . to push the government on the jobs issue."
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Air Force Base Amnesia
When you lobby for an Air Force base, you end up with airplanes, a fact that the New Mexico congressional delegation has forgotten since 2005 when it pushed the Pentagon to keep Cannon Air Force Base in Clovis open when facing an early BRAC decision to close it.
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Finding Uses for the Mundane
Improving health care outcomes depends on a lot of things, including expanding the use of telemedicine, which will make it easier for patients in remote areas to see a primary care physician or a specialist. The downside is the required equipment can be costly. But that could change if technologists come up with innovative ways to use every-day computer equipment, say, like webcams.
Cybersecurity
Deloitte Bolsters Cyber Biz
Deloitte & Touche LLP has nabbed the former Federal Aviation Administration cybersecurity chief to expand its threat intelligence business, officials at the consulting company announced on Tuesday.
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Wennergren's new job announcement
Former DOD CIO Dave Wennergren has been assigned as assistant deputy chief management officer, Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C.
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