Digital Government
E-prescribing PDAs save millions for Mississippi Medicaid
The program provides 225 doctors with handheld devices, reaping $1.2 million per month in medication savings.
People
Navy tries a new tack with EA
Rather than establish a Navywide enterprise architecture, the service aims to create relationships among existing and divergent service architectures.
People
Letter: Time to escape our 1940s mentality about telework
The future is now. My organization is struggling with space issues. Telework is the new capital of productivity for IT organizations. And yet we are trapped in the 1940s' mentality of build a bigger building for a bigger workforce.
People
GSA sets new goal for telework: 50 percent by 2010
Adminstrator Lurita Doan said that the agency is developing plans to let half of its eligible employees telework by 2010.
Modernization
Transportation wants to share more services with FAA
Server virtualization, for example, could enable DOT and FAA to use each other as backup for continuity of operations instead of having individual COOP sites.
People
VA to award contract for HSPD-12 deployment
The Veterans Affairs Department and other agencies focused on 2007 and 2008 October deadlines.
Digital Government
Timeline will show what's coming in health IT rules and standards
NCHICA and WEDI collaborate on online aid for planners and systems developers.
Digital Government
Project to produce EHR testing tools
CCHIT and Mitre will collaborate on an effort to automate the evaluation of products against the commission's criteria for certification.
People
Coast Guard to test TWIC waters
The agency is looking to buy 300 card readers to test aboard at ports and aboard ships before broader deployment.
People
GSA recruits integrity council to review Sun case
The GSA administrator says it is not unusual for contractors to resist handing over documents to investigators, a situation that threatens to undermine the authority of the agency and the IG office.
People
OMB mandates use of import, export data system
Agencies have until 2009 to begin using the International Trade Data System to collect or license cargo.
People
Marine Corps' Mattis nominated to lead JFCOM
Mattis currently serves as commander, I Marine Expeditionary Force and commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command.
People
USDA picks Accenture to modernize financial systems
During the first month of the program, the contractor will develop a draft Financial Management Modernization Project Plan.
Digital Government
Young feds bring intell changes
A workforce bought up to use collaboration tools is making the CIA Web 2.0-savvy.
Modernization
Security is telework's weakest link
Lawmakers and federal officials focus on raising teleworkers' security awareness.
People