Ideas
Xbox to Aid E-Health?
The Xbox, Microsoft's powerful video game console, may soon be good for more than just virtual basketball games and war simulations. Company researchers currently are looking to adapt the device to various healthcare needs, including the transfer and display of electronic medical records.
Digital Government
Microsoft official and GCN editor talk cloud on C-SPAN
Wyatt Kash, editor of 1105 Government Information Group's Government Computer News, will appear on C-SPAN to discuss cloud computing.
Digital Government
Timing the pre-emptive cyber defense
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is apparently turning to the hacker community for its next level of cybersecurity development.
Digital Government
DISA to establish safe haven outside the Internet
The Defense Information Systems Agency is developing plans to cordon off its unclassified networks from public Internet access.
Digital Government
Food-safety, public health surveillance IT highlight FDA fiscal 2011 budget request
The Food and Drug Administration wants a 23 percent increase in its budget for fiscal 2011 in part to expand several information technology programs.
Digital Government
HHS Open Government Web site snowed by bad timing?
As of today, only three people have commented on the new Open HHS Blog. That seems to suggest a slow start to the discussion about how HHS can be more transparent and more accessible.
Cybersecurity
DHS gets new intell chief
Caryn Wagner started today as head of the DHS office that uses information technology to share homeland security-related data with state and local authorities.
Acquisition
VA to implement IT-driven, patient-centered care model
In what it describes as a massive transformation, the Veterans Affairs Department is preparing to adopt a relatively new concept called patient-centered care that uses technology to keep patients informed and engaged.
Cybersecurity
FEMA seeks social media contractor
Federal Emergency Management Agency issues a contract request for a media services company that can deliver information from disaster areas via social media and local media news outlets.
Digital Government
Military could lose its technological edge, top official warns
The Pentagon's waning information superiority raises questions on future approaches to protecting its networks from attacks.
People
Will telework gain traction after record snowfalls?
The heavy snows of the past week should put a greater commitment to telework on the government’s front burner, to judge from the comments posted to our coverage. But many seem to fear that entrenched opposition will cause any push toward telework to fade as quickly as the snow.
Digital Government
Few vendors supporting health information exchange, report states
Washington Technology
Digital Government
Senate axes satellite TV provisions
The law was set to expire Dec. 31 before receiving a last-minute, two-month extension until Feb. 28.
Digital Government
Civilian agencies help fuel growth in translation contracts
Increasing immigrant population and greater enforcement of discrimination laws lead to higher domestic demand for language services.
Digital Government