Digital Government

Army announces winners of $497 million biometrics contract

Recipients will collect and store information on enemy combatants, terrorists and other potentially dangerous foreign nationals.

Digital Government

VA: Technology helps monitor patients remotely

Technology provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs used to remotely monitor the health of patients with chronic conditions is successful at reducing hospitals stays, according to a VA-sponsored study.

Digital Government

Get a Life: Talking transition and health care

The Obama transition team orchestrated hundreds of community discussions on health care last week. Blogger Judy Welles explores how the many good ideas that arose from them will come into action.

Digital Government

IG: OMB doesn't influence DOD in competitive sourcing

Military officials said they felt more pressures from their branch's chain of command.

Digital Government

DHS office describes how it assesses privacy

A guidance memo from the Homeland Security Department's privacy office lays out fair information practice principles DHS uses to assess the privacy effects of programs and systems.

Ideas

CTO Named on Wednesday?

<em>The New York Times</em> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/05/us/politics/05spend.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper">reported</a> on Monday that Obama plans to name his chief technology officer on Wednesday.

Digital Government

Managing Technology: Down to the Wire

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