Digital Government
Electronic patient records will force consolidation in health care
The New York Times Blogs
Cybersecurity
Obama raises stakes for cybersecurity
Unveiling results of 60-day review, president says he'll appoint a cybersecurity czar at the White House.
Digital Government
Obama's open government initiative thin on collaboration, critics say
A short comment period and little communication about process leave the public wondering if and how its voice will be heard, transparency advocates say.
Digital Government
CIO Guthrie's Big Task
Priscilla Guthrie <a href=http://techinsider.nextgov.com/2009/03/priscilla_guthrie_named_cio_fo.php>started work</a> this week as the intelligence community chief information officer. Dennis Blair, director of national intelligence, emphasized that one of her key tasks will be to "advance our information sharing goals."
Modernization
DISA seeks on-demand communications
The Defense Information Systems Agency wants to build an on-demand communications system.
Ideas
No Smiles at Virginia DMV
<em>The Washington Post</em> has an interesting <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/27/AR2009052703627.html?nav=hcmodule">story</a> up today regarding the implementation of facial recognition software by the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles. For the system to work, the DMV has banned people from smiling in their driver's license photos:
Modernization
Obama directs review of data classifications
President Barack Obama has directed a review of how the government classifies information and how it handles sensitive but unclassified data.
Digital Government
Health IT standards panel creates workgroups
After it gets some policy guidance, the Health IT Standards Committee will ask its three new workgroups to deliver recommendations in 90 days.
Modernization