People
DOD/VA Health records project yielding important lessons
The joint health data exchange pilot project between the Defense and the Veterans Affairs departments is still in its early phases, but already has taught valuable lessons about interoperability, government officials working on the project say.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity game plan needs stronger educational strategy
Computer science students should get college scholarships like basketball or football players, a senior official in DHS' National Cybersecurity Division said at FOSE.
Digital Government
Tech groups still worried about cert requirements in Rockefeller-Snowe bill
Technology trade groups remain concerned over certification requirements for cybersecurity professionals that would be required under a bill in the Senate.
Cybersecurity
Senate bill targets countries where cyberattacks against U.S. interests originate
A bill in the Senate would hold other countries accountable for cyber-crime against targets in the United States.
Digital Government
Agencies walk a tightrope between cost savings and innovation
Washington Technology
Digital Government
Senator chides White House for ignoring existing transparency laws
Obama administration, for example, hasn't upgraded USAspending.gov, a searchable Web site containing all federal awards, to include subaward data, lawmaker claims.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity legislation clears Senate committee
Bill includes certification and compliance mandates for the private sector.
Modernization
Health care reform bill targets technology to improve medical services
Funding included for development of primary care models that integrate decision support tools and remote diagnostics for both doctors and patients.
Ideas
Open Government = Another Buzzword?
Opening up the government means more than just putting information out there, said Rachel Flagg, General Services Administration web content manager and Federal Web Managers Council co-chair, during a panel discussion Tuesday at GovSec, a government security expo in Washington, D.C.
Cybersecurity
The Beginning of the End for FISMA?
Tomorrow could likely be the first day of a new era for cybersecurity in the United States. The Obama administration is expected to unveil new information that will end security by wasteful paper-based compliance measures.
Ideas
New Cookie Rules, April 7
The White House early next month plans to change a federal Web site policy that bans tracking devices called cookies, which many commercial sites use to customize their pages for users, administration officials said on Tuesday.
Digital Government
Health Reform's Tech Angle
One of the least covered areas in the health care debate was the amount of technology that underlies the reforms, at least not in the mainstream media. But for the reforms to bring down costs as the Obama administration envisions, it's going to take a lot of applied technology.
Digital Government