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Health IT 'meaningful use' framework proposed

The federal Health IT Policy Committee today began considering a detailed framework for defining "meaningful use" of health IT through 2015.

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Get a Life!: Interview no-no's

If you are hiring for a vacancy or trying to change jobs yourself, avoiding interview no-no's might help, writes blogger Judy Welles.

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Can Johnson right the GSA ship?

The General Services Administration needs a leader who can restore it to its former luster – however beige it might have been.

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Martha Johnson's résumé

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Air Force Cyber leader takes office

When Maj. Gen. Richard Webber takes command of the new organization in charge of the Air Force’s cyber mission, he will quickly face the challenge of making the mission relevant.

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Kennedy moves toward health reform

House and Senate Democratic leaders are putting health care reform legislation on a fast track, with information technology provisions on board the train.

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FDA stumbles toward transparency

Despite having little guidance on how to meet the Obama administration's transparency goals, the Food and Drug Administration is moving forward with plans.

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Customers creep away from GSA

During Martha Johnson’s nomination hearing to be administrator of the General Services Administration, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) struck at the core of a major issue for the procurement agency: departed customers.

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Kundra advocates open source

Federal CIO Vivek Kundra includes open source as one of the key technologies to make government work better and more cheaply, but open-source evangelists still see major roadblocks ahead that will take more than lip service — even if it is from the White House — to overcome.

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HUD picks Jerry Williams to be CIO

Williams fills the vacancy left by Lisa Schlosser, who left HUD in December to take a job with the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Virginia CIO ousted in contract dispute

The CIO of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency has been removed from his post in an apparent dispute with the newly installed Virginia Secretary of Technology.

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Soundoff: Feds air complaints about contractors

A number of federal employees take issue with a report that suggest agencies proceed cautiously when converting contractor jobs to staff positions.

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Firm says Chopra wants innovation in health IT

CTO Aneesh Chopra is seeking to improve innovation in government health IT by seeking new procurement channels to increase input from vendors, according to a research firm.

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Government contractors vs. federal employees: How to tell the difference

Like lions and hyenas, Yankees fans and Red Sox fans, the French and everybody, there seems to be a natural conflict here.

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Soundoff: Obama foes pour the hate on FCW

Federal Computer Week, it would seem, is the tool of a fascist government, if not an agency of the government itself.

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Why contracting officers get no respect (or do they?)

In response to a recent article, several acquisition officials wrote in to share their experiences in federal government.

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Martha Johnson wins nod from Senate panel for GSA post

Johnson told the panel GSA is dealing with the challenges of a changing market and shifting customer demands.

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House passes bills on technology, science

The House has approved bills designed to strengthen federal agencies' cooperation on international science and technology research and on domestic science education.

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Germain named GSA's chief of staff

Danielle Germain was director of the Collaboration Project at the National Academy of Public Administration. Also, a Senate committee approved Martha Johnson to be GSA administrator.

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IG: VA should re-evaluate technology agreement

VA's inspector general said officials should reconsider an agreement with the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center to provide technology support.