Digital Government
Uniform privacy rules are debated
A long-running debate over protecting the privacy of health information made an appearance at a House Ways and Means subcommittee hearing Wednesday.
People
Veterans Health Administration reorganizes
New VHA undersecretary puts his stamp on agency's organization chart to streamline the program that delivers health care to vets.
Modernization
Feds look for more smart card memory
The government expects to buy smart cards in large quantities — as many as 150,000 cards per month for the next two to three years.
People
Information sharing has a dark side
Although information sharing could prevent another terrorist attack, it could also create a single point of failure, a DHS CIO warned.
People
DOD asked to look at centralizing IT
The ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee wants to know if centralized DOD IT spending would solve its data sharing and interoperability problems.
Digital Government
Health association calls for code updates
A medical records code set currently in use is outdated and running out of room for expansion, the American Health Information Management Association says.
Digital Government
Health IT could get boost in Fed health plan
Rep. Jon Porter (R-Nev.) plans to introduce a bill to get the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, the largest health plan in the country, to use health IT.
Modernization
Web-based system proposed to track radioactive material
Nuclear Regulatory Commission seeking better way to track nuclear waste that could be used for weapons of mass destruction.
Digital Government
Alberta launches $153.7M medical digital imagery system
The new system is expected to save the Canadian province $350 million a year.
People
DHS says CFO reports to Chertoff
DHS fixes its organizational chart so the CFO reports directly to the secretary.
People
Senators seek to fast track FBI's Sentinel
Lawmakers question the 2009 start date for the FBI's IT improvements.
People
Senate to consider DOD CIO nomination
Raytheon exec John Grimes tapped to succeed Linton Wells, John Stenbit
Modernization
AT&T sells circuits to DISA
The Defense Information Systems Agency has ordered $2.3 million worth of secure circuits from AT&T Government Solutions.
Digital Government
Senate committee approves merged health IT bill
Senate committee members last week approved a bipartisan health information technology bill.
Digital Government
Lockheed credits IT for part of its growth
IT figured strongly in company's first quarter growth as well.
Digital Government
SI revenue soars 50 percent
Organic growth and acquisitions combine to send integrator earnings up.
Digital Government
Tampa law agencies form network
CopLink technology will enable investigators to search data stored in multiple jurisdictions.
People