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Take Your Fed To Work Day
Private sector executives on Thursday let Obama cxabinet deputy secretaries learn the secret behind their success: technology-driven operations.
Digital Government
Industry chiefs impart best technology practices to improve government
Using IT to create a customer-focused organization and to push employees to attain lofty goals were among the ideas chief executives discussed at forum.
Digital Government
Cyberattack draws renewed attention to Internet freedom
Secretary of State Clinton demands explanation from Chinese government, saying 'the ability to operate with confidence in cyberspace is critical.'
Ideas
Social Security Pays Docs to E-file
The Social Security Administration, bogged down with a backlog of disability claims and oncoming onslaught of baby boomer paperwork, is trying to expedite processing by paying medical providers $15 to submit applicants' records electronically.
Digital Government
Stimulus data needs context so public can understand spending effects
Study urges agencies that award contracts to put their projects into perspective on the Web so the public can easily and objectively discern the results of the economic program.
Digital Government
FDA nationwide electronic network will track safety of drugs and medical devices
But the system's efficacy could be limited without access to more personal patient data, officials say.
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Health IT Incentives Out Of Reach?
Health information technology advocates say new federal requirements for hospitals to become eligible to receive electronic health record incentives set the bar too high.
Modernization
Need a Defense business service? 'There's an app for that'
The department plans to launch a Web-based storefront next month similar to Apple's App Store so users can download common programs such as messaging, storage and potentially its travel system.
Digital Government
Hundreds of vets participate in test of sharing electronic health records
The Veterans Affairs Department and Kaiser Permanente will exchange electronic patient files to test if they can improve care and lower costs by reducing redundant lab procedures.
Ideas
Mashup Probes White House Visitors
Less than a week after the White House began releasing visitor logs on a regular basis, watchdog groups already are linking the names of people doing business there to campaign finance stats online for all to see.
Digital Government
HHS defines rules for receiving billions for e-health systems
Standards set what must be included in electronic health records networks for professionals to qualify for stimulus funds, and Google and Microsoft products may meet the criteria later.
Ideas
HHS Defines 'Meaningful Use' for EHRs
The Health and Human Services Department on Wednesday set preliminary terms dictating who will and will not get billions of dollars in stimulus funds for buying electronic health records systems.
Digital Government
VA officials suspend development of e-training system to rework strategy
Managers want to make sure the Learning Management System, one of the 45 projects suspended in July, can meet deadlines.
Ideas
Order Addresses Digital Declassification
A much anticipated redo of classification policy released by the White House this week confers new responsibilities for addressing the impending problem of reviewing mountains of electronic records for declassification.
Cybersecurity
Government technology made huge leaps during past decade
The Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks spurred the development of information sharing, backup systems, consolidation, social networking and more attention on cybersecurity.
Ideas
Put Desktops In Cloud
An EPA senior official who earlier this month challenged a Washington online community to "put your desktop into the cloud" -- or work completely on the Web -- has generated <a href="http://semweb.meetup.com/31/calendar/11944383/">some grassroots support</a>.
Digital Government
Education, IRS try to make filing student aid form less daunting
A process will automatically fill in financial data from an IRS Web site, eliminating what has been a time-consuming task that discouraged many students from filing for aid.
Digital Government
VA employee presents cost-cutting idea to Obama despite snow
Colorado-based winner of the SAVE contest travels to Washington to discuss her proposal with the president.
Digital Government
Saying security can come later, panel pushes for more information sharing
Benefits of exchanging sensitive information among governments to fight terrorism far outweighs risks of not securing messages, a presidential task force argues.
Ideas