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VA has shortage of IT program managers, CIO says
The Veterans Affairs Department's CIO, Roger Baker, said today he's having trouble getting enough experienced federal IT program managers.
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Are we wasting the talents of our new government contracting hires?
Blogger Steve Kelman was discouraged to hear how one agency is failing to leverage the skills of contractor staff.
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Obama's health plan would expand use of IT
President Obama's health care plan includes some new databases and IT systems to reduce fraud and waste.
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Telework: From "What if…" to "What now?"
For longtime advocates of telework in government, February's Snowmageddon was a mess just waiting to happen.
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EPA launches rulemaking Web site
The Environmental Protection Agency has launched a Web site designed to give the public new ways to participate in the rulemaking process.
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FCC boosts telemedicine in plan preview
The FCC's preview of its National Broadband Plan's top priorities emphasizes telemedicine and e-health technologies.
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CDC starts online surveillance of blood transfusion events
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is collecting data about the after effects of blood transfusions as part of a new application of its Internet-based National Healthcare Safety Network.
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Recommended Reading
The military is factoring global climate change into its activities; agencies exploit free data; a new report takes a close look at advanced persistent threat attacks.
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Political hailstorm follows Climate Service announcement
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announcement during the recent snowstorms that it was launching a new Climate Service got global warming skeptics going.
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White House official advises on open-government plans
Agencies' open-government plans should not specify programs but instead outline the goals for transparency, a White House official said today.
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Favoritism in the federal workplace: Wishful thinking or cold hard truth?
FCW readers take issue with a recent blog post suggesting that favoritism is not as prevalent as many feds think.
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Employees and the public are full of good ideas that agencies can tap
Agencies must be ready to solicit ideas from the public and provide incentives for that participation.
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VA takes a leap of faith into telehealth
The Veterans Affairs Department is a step ahead of the rest of the federal government in promoting telehealth, also called telemedicine. Now VA is proposing to double its telehealth investment over two years. But without a broader federal strategy behind it, VA’s leap into telehealth is, to some degree, a leap of faith.
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10 suggestions for improving the USA.gov feedback process
Blogger John Klossner writes that nothing productive will come of the online suggestion process until we return to a world without anonymity, and offers 10 ideas to make the process more productive, as well as more entertaining.
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Navy plans social network for off-duty hours
The Navy plans to develop an internal social network that will track what service members want to do during their off-duty hours.
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Will telework gain traction after record snowfalls?
The heavy snows of the past week should put a greater commitment to telework on the government’s front burner, to judge from the comments posted to our coverage. But many seem to fear that entrenched opposition will cause any push toward telework to fade as quickly as the snow.
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OPM's Berry discusses telework during government shutdowns
OPM Director John Berry fielded questions about telework during an online chat session today and said he was optimistic that the blizzard experience would drive home to agency leaders the importance of making telework possible.
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Common standards urged for public, private data exchanges
Gail Belles, health care security director for the Veterans Health Administration, addressed the challenges of securing health data exchanges between federal agencies and the private sector.
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TechStat: A new way of doing business in Washington?
There is a very tough balance to be sought in these "Stat" meetings between providing outside scrutiny to agency IT projects and the meetings' intended purpose as occasions for learning and improvement.
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