Digital Government
Head to Toe, Health IT Exposed
For gearheads and policy wonks who quiver at the mention of health IT (and you know who you are), your <a href="http://www.healthaffairs.org/1500_about_journal.php">"swimsuit issue"</a> hits stands today. That's right, the entire issue of Health Affairs magazine is devoted to ... wait for it ... glistening full-body coverage of the "benefits and limitations of electronic health record systems."
Digital Government
Opening Up on Open Government
Tom Fox of the Partnership for Public Service writes in The Washington Post's <a href="http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/fedcoach/2010/04/can-you-collaborate-with-a-million-people.html#more">Federal Coach column</a> on Monday about how the public sector faces unique challenges in order to collaborate effectively. Federal leaders are required to collaborate up and down their agencies' chain of command, among leaders in other agencies, with state and local partners, private sector insurers and 300 million citizens, Fox writes, pointing to such demands as the key reasons why public sector leadership is so challenging.
Digital Government
iEnvy: Do BlackBerry users need an iPad?
The apps available for Apple's sleek new iPad have many BlackBerry-carrying feds drooling, but BlackBerry also offers a robust, if lesser-known, app store, says GCN Lab Director John Breeden.
Modernization
Open-government groups set to score agencies' transparency plans
Advocates for open government plan to score agencies' open government plans, planned to be released April 7.
Digital Government
AHRQ publishes data formats for some electronic reporting
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released its updated version of common data formats to enable electronic reporting of patient safety data.
Digital Government
Air Force names new chief information officer
Brig. Gen. Ian R. Dickinson will head up communications and information activities at Headquarters Air Force Space Command.
Cybersecurity
Navy withheld data breach information for more than a year
The Navy knew right away that 244 employees' Social Security numbers had been released. Why did officials wait for 17 months before telling them?
Digital Government
HHS provides $144M for health IT training and research
The Health and Human Services Department is handing out $144 million to set up health IT workforce training programs and health IT research projects.
Digital Government
Can virtual worlds create better spies?
The Office of the Director of National intelligence wants to harness virtual worlds to create better trained intell officers.
Modernization
It's a Stretch
Consolidating data centers offers an opportunity to for federal IT managers to go green.
Modernization
Google's new document sharing app a security risk, experts say
But administrators have more control to block services that would allow sensitive documents from being sent accidentally, other cyber specialists say.
Digital Government