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