Digital Government
A Galaxy of Cyber Four Stars?
The Army and Air Force CIOs -- Lt. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sorenson and Lt Gen William L. Shelton -- would only get a one-star bump. But since Allen is a one star, BG, this could mean a three-star jump for him -- unless some folks don't think the Marines qualify as a fill-fledged service because they are part of the Navy.
Cybersecurity
Decentralized Defense networks open to cyberattacks, report says
Task force calls for creation of departmentwide, interoperable systems and a netcentric cyber council.
Digital Government
NSA, Margaret Mead and Green
When you think about organizations celebrating Earth Day - today, April 22 - the National Security Agency does not immediately come to mind.
Digital Government
The Long Road to Acquisition Reform
In 1994 then Sen. William Cohen released a report titled "Computer Chaos: Billions Wasted Buying Federal Computer Systems." The report resonates even today with the release this month of a Defense Science Board <a href=http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports/2009-04-IT_Acquisition.pdf>report</a> calling for the Defense Department to reform its information technology acquisition practices.
Digital Government
Smaller, quicker IT development needed for Defense systems
New acquisition process would allow department to improve interoperability and integration issues as networks are built, science board reports.
Digital Government
IG On VA/SPAWAR Contract Mess
I have picked up some pretty good intelligence that the VA inspector general has just finished a report detailing mismanagement of contracts that the department's IT shop farmed out to the Space and Naval Systems Center.
Digital Government
Update: VA Patient Scheduling Debacle
The Veterans Affairs Department plans to conduct a "rigorous four moth review of potential options" for its long delayed $167 million <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090331_5665.php>patient scheduling system</a>, which crashed last month, a VA press secretary told me.
Digital Government
Proposed breach notification rule would affect more health vendors
Microsoft and Google's health records programs, iPhone applications and monitoring devices connected to the Internet would be subject to notification guidelines.
Digital Government
Demonizing Veterans, DHS' Deja vu
In July 1975, I wrote an <a href=http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/trial/vietnam/r1/1975/>article</a> for TV Guide that started:
Digital Government
Military doctors blast new system to track wounded soldiers in Iraq
Clinicians are frustrated by long delays to access information and frequently must look for multiple files on one patient to gather a complete report on battle injuries.
Digital Government
Gulf War Vet for Top VA Health Post?
I'm picking up strong signals that the Obama administration may tap <a href=http://www.iwu.edu/ondra.shtml>Dr. Stephen Ondra</a>, professor of neurological surgery at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago, as the new under secretary for health at the Veterans Health Administration.
Digital Government
Veterans Affairs begins evaluating bids for $150 million imaging contract
Winning contractor will have a labor-intensive job scanning and digitally storing about 25 million pages of files.
Digital Government
No Worries About Chinese Hackers
While the intelligence community has uncovered evidence of Chinese penetration of U.S. banking networks, Joel Brenner, national counterintelligence executive, said he's not worried "that the Chinese government wants to bring down our banking system."
Digital Government
No More 'Off the Cuff' Budgets
Households and businesses run on rigorous budgets, but the Defense Department doesn't. During the past six years, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the department follows what he described on Monday as an "off the cuff" budget approach, to fund essential stuff such as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems, mine-resistant vehicles and medical care for wounded soldiers.
Digital Government
Defense, VA should convert old code to build new record system
Vendors claim changing software that runs electronic health records systems into Java language would cost a fraction the price of creating joint system.
Digital Government
Coming: A Bigger NMCI Mailbox
Navy Marine Corps Intranet users have repeatedly complained about the storage limitations of the intranet's e-mail system ever since the Navy and EDS (now owned by Hewlett-Packard) started to roll it out nine years ago.
Digital Government
Army medical center successfully tests health records system
Pilot project allows patients to access personal records in Defense systems through Google, Microsoft portals.
Digital Government