Digital Government

Canada hosts international flu conference

Meeting is intended to encourage global focus on reducing risks of an influenza pandemic.

Digital Government

Volunteer GIS group aids medical mission

Fifty mapping experts will donate time and equipment to gather data that can help improve services to the poor in developing countries.

Digital Government

USAID to award AIDS drug supply chain contract

The U.S. Agency for International Development will soon award a multimillion-dollar contract to develop a global supply chain management system for AIDS drugs.

People

U.K. experiments with luggable e-learning containers

Ministry of Defence ships portable e-learning centers wherever training is needed

Digital Government

Latitudes and longitudes

The U.S. health care community is not alone in its struggles with privacy, standards and other challenges to the health information technology agenda

Digital Government

U.K. completes major engineering work for health IT system

National Health Service hopes to fully deploy medical imaging system within two years.

Modernization

HHS seeks volunteers for Katrina disaster relief

The agency has created a Web site for medical professionals and IT and communications personnel with experience in health care IT who want to volunteer for Hurricane Katrina disaster relief efforts.

People

A new spin on global security

Technology is not the hard part when it comes to fostering international anti-terrorism efforts

Digital Government

Israel uses hands-on approach for trusted travelers

Biometrics-based system offers lessons for security officials

Digital Government

Hong Kong airport tunes

$50 million auto ID project to improve baggage handling and security

Digital Government

Australia releases e-health framework

The framework documents the approaches, policies and tools needed to foster interoperability across the health sector.

People

Britain outpaces the United States in e-democracy

Electronic tools stimulate citizen interest, involvement -- and accountability.

People

EDS to develop U.K. prison app

Under a $68 million contract, integrator will build system to track offenders from arraignment to probation.

People

Half of all Americans support a national ID card

Internet survey also finds that most Americans want biometrics used in ID cards, including passports, Social Security cards and driver's licenses.

People

Software on the trail of deadly weapons

State Department gives away tools to detect harmful exports and imports

Digital Government

Alberta launches $153.7M medical digital imagery system

The new system is expected to save the Canadian province $350 million a year.

People

Global trade standards on the way

Electronic systems will help identify high-risk containers

Modernization

U.N. committee addresses Internet governance

The committee established to study Internet governance has concluded that no single government should have a dominant role.

Digital Government

G8 gives nod to U.S.-led project

World leaders endorse Global Earth Observation System of Systems for use in industrialized and developing nations.

Digital Government

BearingPoint project serves diplomacy

USAID project seeks to encourage political unification of Cyprus, divided for 31 years.