Modernization
CMS releases initial electronic health record version
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released an evaluation version of the VistA-Office electronic health record to assess its effectiveness in private physicians’ offices.
Modernization
Navy restricts use of handheld devices
The new policy aims to better manage cell phones, PDAs and calling cards.
Digital Government
HP to buy Peregrine Systems
Peregrine's asset management software will be added to HP products.
People
Kelman: Asking the wrong Katrina questions
Reporters fail to ask the right questions about Katrina contracting.
People
E-training companies go after federal market
A recently announced partnership between Macromedia and Plateau Systems illustrates the growing demand for e-learning technologies in government agencies.
Digital Government
SOA demand builds slowly
An SOA can support integration and consolidation activities in an enterprise. But so far there's been more sizzle than steak in the talk about SOA.
People
NASA bungles e-mail policy
Directive wrongly implied that employees should not answer public inquiries
Digital Government
Tiemann touts enterprise architecture
Enterprise architectures in federal agencies are poised to become operational processes governing agency transformation, said a longtime enterprise architecture proponent.
People
Intercepts
Missed call. Stop-work orders galore. TEIS selects. Stryker system issues ironed out.
Modernization
A PDA in hand ...
Local, state and federal emergency responders in the Gulf Coast are using their own self-contained portable radio units with batteries, satellite phones or communications trailers with an array of devices.
People
FBI focuses on IT capabilities
FBI officials are counting on the bureau's new Office of Information Technology Policy and Planning (OIPP) to tame the sort of undisciplined IT spending that led the FBI to abandon its $170 million Virtual Case File system earlier this year.
People
OFPP administrator, facing criminal charges, resigns
David Safavian was arrested on charges of making false statements and obstructing an investigation by GSA’s inspector general when Safavian was chief of staff at GSA.
People
Ohio library offers virtual help in Spanish
Professional librarians from 50 library systems are available around the clock to answer reference questions.
Modernization
FCC proposes telecom help in areas hit by Katrina
Chairman Kevin Martin proposed about $211 million to help low-income residents, health care providers, schools, libraries and telecom companies.
Digital Government
Federal enterprise architecture at a crossroads
If and when it is completed, an operational federal enterprise architecture would represent a triumph of engineering and money.
People
Lisagor: Old dogs, new tricks
As effective managers, we need to listen at least as often and as well as we speak.
People
Real-time weather alerts silenced
NWS, WeatherBug and telecommunications company officials have labored to restore communications at stations that transmit weather information.
Modernization
Focus turns to disaster response
The slow, disorganized response by emergency responders to Hurricane Katrina has prompted IT officials to think more creatively about how to deploy technology.
Digital Government