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GSA policy shop faces cuts

GSA's Office of Governmentwide Policy is cutting the equivalent of 92 full-time positions in response to a proposed 15 percent cut in the office's fiscal 2006 budget.

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Tech in San Diego helps focus on health

The deputy commander of Naval Medical Center San Diego believes that the center's population health program can result in breakthrough changes to ensure healthier lives for its 120,000 patients.

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A model patient records system

The VA's VISTA software is tapped for expanded service

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Better medicine without paper

Madigan Army Medical Center, south of Seattle, is testing a program for treating Department of Veterans Affairs patients and active and retired military personnel.

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VA gets fit with tech

Health care system's users find technology reduces problems

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Sprehe: OMB's policy needs help

The pablum of a Web site policy was yesterday's news several years ago.

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DOD's medical transformation

The military's health care system is becoming more efficient using technology

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CIOs fret over consolidation, cybersecurity

CIOs and IT managers will focus on systems consolidation and security through the end of the fiscal year.

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NOAA links its architecture online

Enterprise architects at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration this week said they are piecing together an online portal that can navigate 99 disparate systems.

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Rent a cybercop

The information assurance group in the Education Department CIO’s office had only a handful of employees two years ago, when it became clear that new federal IT security requirements would create a mountain of work.

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Federal GIS users want a better GPS fit

Interoperability, data standards and policies for sharing geospatial information are among the top concerns of federal geographic information system users, according to a survey by ESRI.

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VA and SBA downgraded on security

The Veterans Affairs Department and Small Business Administration fell a notch in the latest e-government ratings on the President’s Management Agenda scorecard because of IT security weaknesses.

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NIH accelerates posting of work it has funded

The National Institutes of Health is asking scientists to voluntarily make their biomedical research results available through the agency’s searchable database within 12 months of publication.

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Novell’s Hula says ‘aloha’ to open source

BOSTON—Novell Inc. will open source the e-mail and calendar functions of its NetMail enterprise collaboration server software.

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Social Security to collect personal data for Medicare drug plan

The Social Security Administration will collect and compare income, benefits and other personal information from several agencies related to seniors applying for assistance under the new Medicare drug benefit.

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GSA issues RFI for e-travel data collection, analysis

The General Services Administration and the Defense Department are looking for vendors to manage the data from all agency electronic travel systems.

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Protect passport chips

Passports with damaged electronic chips may be invalidated by the State Department, according to new regulations.

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DHS CIO wants 10 percent more

According to the proposed fiscal 2006 budget, the CIO's office would get an increase of $28 million from the current year.

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Colombia, U.S. create finance database

The United States sent 215 computers to Colombian officials for a joint database of trade and financial information.

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Hughes to depart DHS

The acting undersecretary for the Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Director said he will retire in March.