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Health IT coordinator to harmonize record standards, network

The National Coordinator for Health IT plans to resolve differences between electronic patient records and the National Health Information Network data exchange system.

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2010 appropriations: House targets EPA financial systems modernization

White House officials say proposed cuts to EPA’s budget could put financial system modernization program at risk.

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Acquisition community stuck in time, reader says

Social media might be way behind the mindset of some acquisition officials, who are still busy creating databases, says one reader.

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Some doctors to get health IT help

The National Coordinator for Health Information Technology said he is dealing with the special health IT needs of doctors in small practices.

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GSA contract move mirrors market needs, experts say

GSA official says many GWACs won't be renewed as GSA markets its Alliant and Alliant Small Business contracts.

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Transparency initiatives bolstered by chief performance officer, official says

Government transparency is combining people, technology and acquisition in new ways, a top procurement official said.

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Get a Life!: Leadership lessons from White House Fellows

Former White House fellows Colin Powell and Doris Kearns Goodwin offer some leadership lessons, writes blogger Judy Welles.

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DOD and social media: The battle lines are drawn

FCW readers are sharply divided about the wisdom of allowing military personnel to access social-media sites through official networks.

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Military Health System launches social media hub

The Military Health System has launched a social media hub that allows easy access to the system's presence on several social networking sites, including Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.

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COOP: What's the drill?

Does anyone know how the U.S. government's real-time exercise went last Wednesday?

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Acquisition workforce: Social media could be big draw

A lawmaker believes the government acquisition community could use cool technology to swell its ranks.

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White House tries hand at wiki-style policy development

In the third phase of the initiative, the Obama administration is asking the public to help draft recommendations for making the federal government operations and information more transparent.

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Forum moderator: Friend, not foe

The old adage about “moderation in all things” takes on new meaning when it comes to national online dialogues.

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Rules of the road

A moderation policy is an essential element of any online dialogue, experts say.

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Birthers find FCW

Federal Computer Week received its share of abuse after saying the Open Government Dialogue had been slimed by individuals demanding that President Barack Obama produce evidence that he is a natural-born citizen of the United States.

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White House wants prizes for innovators

White House officials want to learn how the government can use cash prizes to foster innovation, official says.

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GAO: DOE needs to establish data performance goals

The Energy Department doesn't have adequate reporting measures in place to quantify how much success its national laboratories have in producing scientific research that private industry and others can use to develop new technologies, according to the Government Accountability Office.

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Spacebook launches at NASA Goddard

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has developed a homegrown social-networking application that provides all NASA employees with the types of features found in Facebook but in a secure environment.

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Editor's Desk: All in moderation

What do you think? I mean, really. We’d like to know what’s on your mind, writes FCW Editor-in-Chief David Rapp.

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New thoughts invited: ACT-IAC's CXO dinner gets ideas flowing

ACT-IAC gets government and industry leaders together to look at the five pillars of transparent government being proposed by CTO Aneesh Chopra and CIO Vivek Kundra. Each table took one of the pillars and was asked to come up with a succinct definition, describe what success would look like, identify barriers to success and come up with three to five actions to accomplish the purpose.