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CHCS II: A steep learning curve
The Air Force's 72nd Medical Group quickly discovered that the transition from CHCS I to CHCS II required more than simply installing new Microsoft Windows-based computers and flipping a switch.
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FAA competition yields $1.9 billion deal
Lockheed Martin win could affect 2,500 federal employees
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Future JTRS work put on hold
DOD officials await April tests to determine future of software radio
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Making it harder to get a driver's license
Congress working on new law to create standards for state ID
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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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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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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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