Digital Government
Health data standard could be key to better informed patients
The new rules for achieving "meaningful use" of electronic health records could be advanced through adoption of a technical standard for delivering health information to patients, according to a new white paper.
People
States improve transparency of Recovery Act spending
State governments in Kentucky, Illinois, Minnesota and Utah made the most dramatic progress in reporting publicly their federal economic stimulus spending online in the last six months, according to a new report.
Acquisition
Bid protest numbers increased during fiscal 2009
Protesters filed more complaints with the Government Accountability Office about agency contracting decisions in fiscal 2009 than in the previous four years.
Digital Government
White House bars agencies from posting some statistics
Privacy and other concerns prompt administration officials to pull several submissions to the transparency Web site Data.gov.
Cybersecurity
Organizing cybersecurity efforts remains key challenge
Panelists say new White House cyber coordinator might not have the full authority needed to address rapidly multiplying threats.
Digital Government
FBI aging technique led to bin Laden mug mixup, IT professor says
New technology that uses physics, science of plastic surgery and computer graphics portrays how a person naturally ages, providing a more accurate portrayal.
Digital Government
The Army's Five Year Afghanistan Plan
The United States has operated in Afghanistan for nine years and based on a FedBizOpps notice last week, at least one part of the Army plans for another five years.
Digital Government
In cybersecurity, our greatest enemy may be...
In many cases, the greatest cybersecurity threat comes from a deliberately designed weakness in software.
Digital Government
Intel Wants Cyber, IT Experts
The federal intelligence community will hold a virtual job fair on March 16, and the community is seeking culturally diverse and technically savvy applicants for a number of jobs, including cybersecurity, engineering, information technology and intelligence analysis. The virtual job fair will enable job seekers to connect to the IC via their computer to explore career opportunities, visit virtual booths, chat with recruiters, network with other job seekers and apply for job openings.
Digital Government
Getting war right
As the Defense Department looks toward enterprisewide network operations, one high-level official offered his insight for best practices.
Cybersecurity
DARPA eyes digital fingerprints to track computer attacks
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is holding a conference for those interested in helping with a project to use digital DNA to bolster cyber defense.
Ideas
Web Site Advocates Open Source
Open source software vendor Red Hat launched a Web site on Monday to "explore what happens when the open source way is applied to the world" through five channels: business, education, government, law and life.
Digital Government
'Meaningful use' could be facilitated by PHRs, says ONC official
Joshua Seidman, a new official at the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, talked about an issue that means a lot to vendors of personal health record systems.
Digital Government