Digital Government
Health tech bill expected
Reps. Tim Murphy and Patrick Kennedy plan to introduce a measure to boost the use of health information technology.
People
NHS needs health IT personnel
There's a global shortage of qualified professionals who understand both health care and IT, says the director general of the United Kingdom's health IT project.
Digital Government
Alberta health images to go all digital
Alberta's provincial health agency plans to develop and deploy a $177 million medical digital imagery system by 2008.
People
Radios aid relief workers
A satellite radio system developed to aid relief workers could serve as the basis for a global tsunami warning system.
People
Croom tapped to lead DISA
The Air Force's top information systems and command and control general has been nominated to head the Defense Information Systems Agency.
Modernization
Satellite broadband is Stryker MVP
A commercially based satellite system developed in 90 days was most valuable C2 asset used by the Styker Brigade, according to an Army study.
Modernization
Stryker drivers yearn for color
Crew displays in the Stryker combat vehicle are poorly designed, an Army report concluded.
Modernization
Covers protect Army keyboards
The Stryker Brigade deployed in Iraq had to relearn a lesson from the Gulf War to make an inexpensive investment in sand-proof keyboard covers.
Modernization
Stryker radios, cameras blasted
An Army study concluded that Stryker brigade's digital radios transmitted data slowly and unreliably.
Modernization
DISA switches on VOIP
The agency's deal with Nortel paves the way for developing voice-over-IP phone service over DOD's fiber-optic network.
People
DOD takes charge of major Air Force acquisitions
It includes satellite projects valued at more than $50 billion.
Digital Government
Tsunami warning center on alert
Earthquake near Sumatra kicks warning system into high gear.
Modernization
For DOD, one in 1,048,000 is not unique enough
A math problem requires DOD to update 20 major logistics management systems that use RFID technology
People
Criminal probe looks at pilot radios
The Defense Department is conducting a criminal investigation of potentially defective parts in emergency radios used by downed pilots.
Digital Government