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GSA Issues RFQ for Cloud Services
A <a href="https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=84317cbecb74c1f08471a130fc61933e&tab=core&_cview=0&cck=1&au=&ck=">special notice</a> posted by the General Services Administration on FedBizOps contains the first set of requirements for vendors interested in offering cloud computing services through GSA's <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090715_3532.php?oref=search">online cloud storefront</a>.
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Hathaway's departure renews worries about cyber czar vacancy
Federal Computer Week
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Critics: White House playing 'Big Brother' in health care debate
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Google, Microsoft executives criticize Obama's e-health records plan
Officials want White House to give patients access to their medical records and to focus on managing health data, not on the specifics of the electronic health record.
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GSA lays groundwork for online cloud computing store
Notice outlines the first set of requirements for vendors interested in offering software as a service.
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Defense hands over commercial satellite procurement to GSA
Consolidating purchases worth $5 billion during 10 years could save up to 15 percent in satellite communications costs, according to government officials.
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Another Stolen Laptop
Laptops containing personnel information from departments like <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20080301_1011.php>Veterans Affairs</a> and <a href=http://www.govexec.com/mailbagDetails.cfm?aid=34906>Education</a> keep going on unauthorized walks. Now it's the National Guard Bureau's turn, which alerted soldiers on Wednesday of a stolen laptop.
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More Find EHRs a Hot Investment
The market for electronic health records is heating up, according to the <em>Wall Street Journal</em> blog Digits. Salesforce.com has bought a stake in a small EHR company. The company joins Google, Microsoft and even Wal Mart -- which this year "said it had partnered with Dell and . . . eClinicalWorks to sell an EMR from its Sam's Club stores," Digits <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2009/08/05/salesforcecom-dips-its-toe-into-electronic-medical-records/">reported</a> -- in the market, which has been fueled by President Obama's stimulus package.
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