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Ohio taps ACS for electronic benefits transfer
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. will provide the state with transaction processing for electronic benefits transfer and other services.
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Oracle gets CRM capabilities with Siebel purchase
Analysts are predicting Oracle Corp. will increase its footprint in the federal IT market through an agreement to buy customer relationship management provider Siebel Systems Inc. for $5.85 billion.
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New Labor site helps Katrina victims find employment
The Labor Department unveiled an expanded Web site to assist those displaced by Hurricane Katrina find new jobs.
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ACS to provide benefits transfer services
Integrator will provide transaction processing, project management and retailer management under $45 million Ohio contract.
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Eugene gets new Web portal
The Oregon city's original Web site had not been significantly upgraded in a decade. Now residents can take care of their business with the city online.
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Keane gets AWIPS subcontract
Integrator will offer testing and migration services under $54 million agreement with Raytheon.
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HHS names health IT standards group
The Health and Human Services Department has announced the members of a public-private group that will decide on standards and uses for health IT to enable physicians to exchange medical information.<@SM>
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GAO: Info sharing would bolster visa security
Improving information sharing would enhance the security of the visa issuance process, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
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HHS gathers health data for Katrina evacuees
By next week, HHS officials hope to make some elements of patients' medical records available to doctors treating people from the Gulf Coast.
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Physicians' e-mails document post-Katrina horrors
Providing care in hurricane-battered areas was compounded by shortfalls in the National Disaster Medical System.
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From health care fortress to IT showcase
Illinois' Cook County Hospital, opened in the 1830s as the Poor House, has become one the most advanced health care centers in the world.
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Intercepts
Sat phone infrastructure. The AA battery lesson. Northcom helps Katrina evacuees tune in. Send in the oral historians. Love in the ruins.
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At home in the DISA Louisiana megacenter
The megacenter has not been processing a lot of data, but it has housed 120 hurricane evacuees and served 360 meals a day.
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GAO: Performance data is underused
Twelve years after it became law, the benefits of the Government Performance and Results Act on federal decision-making are still not widespread.
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By standing still, FirstGov slips in Web rankings
Firstgov’s drop in the rankings by Brown University were attributed to its failure to add new features.
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Navy petty officers learn 'soft skills' online
Center for Naval Analyses studies the e-learning results
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