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Howard J. Stern

Digital Government

Cut health costs through outsourcing

Nothing seems to raise our national blood pressure faster than ballooning health care costs. We thought managed care, health maintenance organizations and insurers' strict costcontainment policies would stem the increases, but a new Department of Health and Human Services report says those measure

Digital Government

Government's approach to EC has room for improvement

In October 1993 President Clinton issued a landmark memorandum mandating electronic commerce (EC) for federal procurement. The response from federal agencies thus far has been mixed. The government's decision to implement EC is a good one, but utilizing an approach that is opposite the proven comme