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Small growth in IT budget

Bush increases tech spending 3 percent

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Hidden keys to health

The medical community is sitting on mountains of e-health data that could lead to important medical discoveries. But will its value remain buried by privacy concerns and lack of funding?

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OPM workers win another A-76 bid

In competitions for IT jobs, employees have won by wide margins, Office of Personnel Management officials said.

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FirstGov adds RSS, e-mail alerts

The new features build on the recently renovated Web site.

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Associations call for workforce assistance

They recommend that the government beef up training for health IT specialists and systems users.

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McQueary resigns

The head of DHS' science and technology arm plans to step down in March.

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Passenger screening programs come under fire

GAO and industry representatives say programs are poorly managed and likely to be ineffective.

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Senate approves USPS overhaul

The Senate passed a bill today after more than a decade of debate and compromise on changes to overhaul the U.S. Postal Service.

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VHA taps CareFusion for bar code software

The product reads bar codes on medication and software modules, such as those that verify and label lab specimens.

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Corps budget request includes military spending

Bush's proposal calls for $375 million for fiscal 2007, which includes military spending for the first time.

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A success for health info exchange

Health records successfully exchanged among Boston, Indianapolis and a California county in test of protoype national network.

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Clinical system generates performance reports

With little human intervention, Indian Health Service gets data on how well it's doing.

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Bush budget seeks $459.4M for NIST labs

Congress appropriated $387.4 million for NIST’s eight research laboratories to operate in fiscal 2006.

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EU focuses on health education

A new initiative in Europe would improve the quality of information its citizens receive about health issues.

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USPTO budgets $70.2 million for IT

The Patent and Trademark Office's IT spending plan contains $12.1 million for business continuity during a disaster.

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DOD IT spending flat for 2007

President Bush's $30.5 billion budget request for DOD emphasizes global communications and business transformation.

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Longtime share-in-savings proponent moves to HHS

Ken Buck, former director of share-in-savings contracting at the General Services Administration, has moved to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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State, OMB unveil new Web site designs

The State Department has given its home page a makeover to deliver a news feel, while the Office of Management and Budget has launched a new Web site that details the effectiveness of government programs.

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Accenture: Lose one, win another

Accenture won a $79.5 million contract, the Air Force announced today. Last month, the Marine Corps pulled the plug on a $41.3 million contract with the company.

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Proposed budget big on pandemic flu readiness

Request includes $188 million for CDC to improve public health disease surveillance.