HHS proposes HIPAA standards for e-health claims attachments
The Health and Human Services Department is proposing the adoption of standards for certain attachments to electronic health care claims under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
Navy awards maintenance system deal to Multimax-led joint venture
Multimax will lead a team that will provide development, implementation, maintenance, training, configuration management and help-desk services to the Navy Systems Support Group's program management responsibility for the Facilities and Equipment Maintenance.
Marine Corps, Northrop Grumman in $125 million radar deal
The Marine Corps has awarded a contract to Northrop Grumman Corp. to provide new ground-based radar that consolidates four different radar mission areas into one.
AIIM sharpens focus on data sharing standards
AIIM International has started a working group to develop standards for tying together enterprise content management systems.
GSA awards Preferred analysis contract to KPMG
The General Services Administration awarded KPMG an analysis contract to gauge how the agency's Preferred program is working.
'Did you hear...'
<b>Perfect cyberstorm</b>. We can now officially retire the phrase 'digital Pearl Harbor.'
GSA looking for cost-effective information-sharing concepts
Got any creative ideas for how the federal government can do a better job of storing, retrieving and sharing its vast amounts of data? If so, the General Services Administration wants to hear from you.
Federal XML group updates guidelines
Three years is a long time in the field of information management.
CMS tests e-records system for use by physicians
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has finally released the much anticipated beta version of its VistA-Office software, which it hopes will push physicians to adopt electronic health records.
Census maps its 2010 population count
The Census Bureau is finding that the best way to get employees to buy into an enterprise architecture is to let them participate in developing it.
Next, agencies must sell non-IT managers on the benefits of EA
Agency IT officials say they are beginning to find value in using enterprise architecture to reduce the number of processes, which they expect will ultimately save them money.
Records management, geospatial profiles on deck for the next inning of the FEA
Agency officials worried about records management are about to get some help from the Federal Enterprise Artchitecture.
People on the Move
Office of Personnel Management director <b>Linda Springer</b> has filled five vacancies within the agency, including chief of staff and executive director.
GSA launches Federal Acquisition Service
The General Services Administration has taken a big step toward its goal of establishing the Federal Acquisition Service before the end of the fiscal year.
Social Security makes pick for records scans
The Social Security Administration has awarded a five-year, $124 million contract to Lockheed Martin Corp. to provide IT services under the agency's Electronic Disability Initiative National Scanning Project.
Auditors rap DHS' Atlas tech program
The Homeland Security Department's Immigration and Customs Enforcement arm should overhaul the management of its Atlas program to build a technology infrastructure for the agency, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
A few agencies can measure improvements
Despite having an abundance of performance measures to determine effectiveness, agency managers generally do not use them to inform their decisions any more than they did several years ago.
NIH systems admin work to get A-76 review
The National Institutes of Health has announced a competitive sourcing study to determine whether its systems administration activities should be contracted out instead of remaining inside the government.
Senate limits IT funds in bill for DOJ, Commerce
The Senate has reined in IT funding for the Commerce and Justice departments and for science and independent agencies, even as it approved a much more generous overall budget than requested.
GAO sees need for more work on FBI's EA
The FBI has made progress in building an enterprise architecture, but the bureau needs to strengthen its efforts or risk developing faulty systems, ac-cording to a new Government Accountability Office report.
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