People

Panel releases details on $20B in health IT spending

The House Ways and Means Committee wants to use the proposed funding to encourage doctors and hospitals to adopt health information technology, including electronic health records.

People

OMB would toughen how agencies measure program value

Orszag tells senators Obama's fiscal 2010 budget proposal would recommend eliminating some programs.

Digital Government

Obama issues orders and memoranda on ethics, transparency

During his first full day on the job, President Barack Obama issued two executive orders and three memorandums today intended to make the government more transparent and ethical.

People

Regarding Web 2 0

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Modernization

Vendors' help sought for NIEM's next step

Officials who manage the National Information Exchange Model look to industry for software tools to help expand adoption of the program.

Digital Government

Get a Life!: Where were you?

The historic nature of the Inauguration of President Barack Obama was something to talk about, regardless of where you viewed it.

Modernization

Air Force scales back ambitious satellite system, delays first launch

Service delays launch and eliminates some requirements for a network that the Pentagon says is needed to send intelligence data to the battlefield.

Digital Government

Online specialists praise, question White House Web site

WhiteHouse.gov has solid content, but online researchers wonder how the Obama administration will manage the flood of public feedback it has invited.

Ideas

A High-Tech First Family

Heard on the National Mall from a young man during the inauguration ceremonies, when, on the jumbotron, the Obama's daughters, Malia and Sasha, and their grandmother, Marian Robinson, walked through the Capitol to their seats:

People

Report: Government key to health ID security

The government should play a leading role in protecting consumers from medical identity theft as it expands the use of electronic health records, according to an HHS report.