Digital Government

Vermont trust fund aims at physicians' EHR adoption

Sponsors estimate that the fund will boost EHR penetration to 50 percent of the state's independent physicians during the next five years.

Digital Government

Navy to reserve work for firms in 8(a) program

More than 240 small disadvantaged businesses will compete for multiple award contracts.

Digital Government

McCain, Obama share some views on security

Both want more troops on the ground and both reject many of President Bush's policies; differences emerge on nuclear weapons, defense spending and the priority placed on the war in Afghanistan.

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Senate: DHS must sort workforce mix

In a blended workforce, Senate urges DHS to find proper balance of contractors and federal employees.

Digital Government

House passes e-records bill

The Electronic Message Preservation Act would amend both the Federal Records Act and the Presidential Records Act.

People

Networx key to security initiative

Agencies are decreasing the number of Internet gateways to fewer than 100 governmentwide.

People

Competitive sourcing gets a new name

The system that has public employees compete with contractors is tied to other ways of re-engineering agencies' operations and has been renamed "commercial services management."

People

Letter: Challenges in business management and IT collaborations

A reader writes, "IT people are resistant to including the business aspects in what they see as their domain, ie. architecture."

People

FDA tests electronic submissions from firms

The Food and Drug Administration will require the industry to file submissions in a standard format of extensible markup language next year.

People

Reader comment roundup: Competitive sourcing as the gateway to scams, and more comments

Find out what the buzz is among our readers. Check out this week's roundup of readers' comments.

People

GSA: Watch late-year spending

Officials remind GSA's contracting officers about taking on too much work too late into the fiscal year.

People

Panel flags DHS transition fears

Staffing, stability key to smooth change in administrations, study finds.

People

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People

Former Interior CIO Tipton to lead (ISC)2

Hord Tipton is the new executive director of the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, replacing Eddie Zeitler.

People

Buzz of the Week: A community in action

Last week, we got a lesson in community. We saw how quickly those bonds can assert themselves after an accident involving a longtime fed.

People

The state of the acquisition workforce

The Office of Federal Procurement Policy learned exactly what contracting specialist were spending their time doing through a survey.

People

What acquisition employees want

Caring and feeding for midcareer acquisition staffers keep them from leaving for other agencies.