Ideas
Fighting Crime From Your Bed
Looking to help deter shoplifting right from your very own house? Now some people can.
Digital Government
EHRs Certified for Meaningful Use
Another barrier to large-scale adoption of health IT began crumbling in the past week when three dozen electronic health records and their component parts earned certification for meeting meaningful use standards.
Digital Government
Shinseki's Call to IBM CEO
Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki personally called the chairman and chief IBM, Samuel Palmisano, this summer to express his dissatisfaction with the company's progress on development of a <a href=http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/193853.php>computer system</a> to process veterans' claims for ailments associated with Agent Orange, VA Chief Information Officer Roger Baker told the Senate VA Committee on Wednesday.
Digital Government
Wennergren move throws DOD CIO spot into further shadow
The future of DOD's CIO job, long vacant and federally required, hangs in the balance.
Digital Government
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.
Digital Government
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.
Digital Government
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.
Digital Government
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.
Digital Government
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.
Digital Government
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.
Digital Government
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.
Digital Government
Are the new FEHBP rates onerous?
Well, OPM has posted the new Federal Employees Health Benefits Program premium rates—and reaction is mixed.
Digital Government
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."
Digital Government