Digital Government
Homeland Security Will No Longer Assess GPS Risks
More unintended consequences of sequestration and tight budgets.
Digital Government
Let’s Get Rid of the Ghost Task Order Contracts
Start by posting all task order awards on a public website.
Digital Government
VA Names Stephen Warren Full Time CIO
Department leaves the assistant secretary position vacant.
Digital Government
VA Awards ASM Research a Health IT Contract Triple the Price of Competitors’ Bids
Company hired a senior department technology official as chief strategist a month after the award, with VA ethics office approval.
Modernization
FCC Eyes New Spectrum for Wi-Fi-Type Service
Sat phone company has tested the service with Amazon lab.
Digital Government
DARPA Plans Deep Brain Dive to Understand PTSD, TBI
Project aims to quantitatively characterize the ailments.
Digital Government
GAO Tosses Harris Protest Against $3.5 Billion Navy Network Contract
Hewlett-Packard cleared to start work.
Digital Government
Pentagon's Electronic Health Record Gets a Life Extension
The Defense Department plans to extend the contract for AHLTA through 2018.
Digital Government
How Much Do New Nuke Bomb Tail Fins Cost?
Hint: They have to fit onto the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Modernization
Pentagon Directs Defensewide Use of Army’s Mental Health Data Portal
The government owns the source code for the $900,000 system.
Digital Government
Pentagon Taps SPAWAR Folks to Run Electronic Health Record
Multiple Space and Naval Warfare employees move to EHR project.
Digital Government
House Passes Bill to Speed Up VA Claims Appeals Process
Legislation mandates more details on backlogged claims.
Digital Government
Dear HHS, My Email Addresses Are Valid
HealthCare.gov shut me out just three screens into the process.
Digital Government
DARPA Looks to Brain Zapping to Treat PTSD and TBI
Research requires implanting up to 100 battery-powered electrodes in the brain.
Digital Government
Pentagon: Navy and Marines Must Use DISA Email Cloud
The Air Force is still concerned about the costs of moving unclassified email.
Digital Government
NSA Needs a 12 Step Program
Addictive behavior hurts both addicts and people around them.
Digital Government
Medicare Paid Doctors, Hospitals $6.3 Billion to Adopt E-Health Records
Clinicians were paid $2.8 billion and hospitals $3.5 billion last year.
Digital Government
DISA Keeps Iridium Satellite Access With $438 Million in New Contracts
Airtime and gateway deals ensure continued service for the next five years.
Digital Government
Hagel: NATO Cyber Center Will Be Up and Running Next Week
What exactly will the center do?
Digital Government