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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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Texas agency speeds food stamp applications for Katrina victims
Texas has developed and deployed a new Web-based application to help process survivors of Hurricane Katrina and provide them with needed food stamp benefits.
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U.K. experiments with luggable e-learning containers
Ministry of Defence ships portable e-learning centers wherever training is needed
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CIO Council proposes reference model updating
The council recommends five ways to update the federal enterprise architecture reference models.
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Kelman: The ‘blame game’ and learning moments
Organizations need to learn from their mistakes and compare examples of successful performance with poorer performance.
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The Podcast Toolbox
If you’re prepared to start adding podcasts to your agency’s communications programs, there’s plenty of software available.
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FEMA to adjust IE-only Web site
The Homeland Security Department’s Federal Emergency Management Agency is retooling its Web site for disaster aid applications so that it won’t require the use of Windows-based PCs running Microsoft’s Internet browser.
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