People
New tool adds geospatial capabilities to federal data website
The White House's Data.gov website that features multiple datasets for download now has a new capability to show the data geospatially.
Digital Government
American Security Challenge to honor Gen. Alexander
This year's American Security Challenge will feature a ceremony to honor Gen. Keith Alexander with the 2010 Patriot Award.
People
Justice kills case management project; Interior tries plan B for data tool
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra announced two more actions as a result of the ongoing White House review of 26 high-priority IT projects.
Modernization
National Archives puts 3,000 historic documents online
The National Archives and Records Administration debuts an online repository of historic documents, such as George Washington's handwritten draft of the U.S. Constitution.
People
DOD's IG returns fire following scathing Senate report
Defense Department Inspector General Gordon Heddell responds to a report issued by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) that blames the IG's office for overlooking fraud and straying from its core mission.
Modernization
Report: Data center consolidation faces major time, money hurdles
Scarcity of upfront funding and overly ambitious deadlines will make it challenging for agencies to meet mandate, market analysts find.
Digital Government
HHS to use data analytics to uncover Medicare, Medicaid fraud
Software tools will weed out potential incidents of abuse by flagging suspicious activities and anomalies, including unusual patterns in billing and applications for health services, in systems that process requests.
Digital Government
Senators urge Defense, VA to combine needs for medical systems
The departments' programs to modernize their respective electronic health record networks are similar but neither has explained how they will share requirements.
Digital Government
How are you coping with those creeping health care costs?
Once again, folks, yet another premier report shows the cost of health care spiking ever upward. And, in the face of flat-lining salaries following the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, the report shows America’s employees are paying a bigger and bigger share of these ballooning costs.
Digital Government
In Palo Alto, Bling is the thing for electronic payments
Government Computer News
Cybersecurity
Canada to U.S.: Step Up
Canada's privacy commissioner took a swipe at her U.S. counterparts on Monday.
Ideas
For HHS, the Eye is on the Prize
For the Health and Human Services Department, Health IT is all about knowing the end result.
Digital Government