Local terminologies pose barriers to change
They've all agreed to drive on the right side of the road, but to implement the change gradually.
OPM, VA push standards from the purse
The administration's biggest ally in getting doctors' offices and hospitals to use electronic health records just might be under its own control.
Thinking nationally, starting locally
Several states already have taken steps toward establishing local health information infrastructures.
CMS builds a model for health e-records
Most doctors have no idea how to implement an electronic health records system and have little trust that the federal government does either.
Comm industry mobilizes to rebuild the Gulf Coast's communications
The communications industry has scrambled in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to provide emergency responders on the Gulf Coast with cellular, satellite and radio communications.
Agency IT provides relief after Katrina
As Hurricane Katrina pounded the buildings and flooded the streets of New Orleans, the medical staff from the New Orleans VA Medical Center'located near the Superdome'didn't have to worry about lugging thousands of patient folders to higher ground.
Operation health IT
A consumer in the not-too-distant future will go to a drug store and pick up a prescribed medicine, knowing that the pharmacist has received an electronic order from a physician.
FEMA to adjust IE-only Web site
The Homeland Security Department's Federal Emergency Management Agency is retooling its Web site for disaster aid applications so that it won't require the use of Windows-based PCs running Microsoft's Internet browser.
Etter on deck to be Navy assistant secretary of research, acquisition
President Bush will nominate U.S. Naval Academy professor Delores M. Etter to be the Navy's assistant secretary of research, development and acquisition.
Secure Flight struggles to get off the ground
A Justice Department audit of the Secure Flight passenger screening program finds the program has major undefined parameters.
DARPA focuses on Cubic Corp. for R&D on laser communications
The deal is a continuation of Cubic's work on the second phase of the Dynamic Optical Tags program to enhance long-range, covert, two-way data exchange and reconfiguration.
Air Force makes space operations deal with SRA International
Under the task order, SRA will provide IT services to the U.S. Air Force deputy chief of staff for Air and Space Operations.
Patchy comm, data links hinder DHS' response to Katrina
The Homeland Security Department's IT response to Hurricane Katrina came under withering fire from lawmakers and independent observers, even as department officials scrambled to mobilize technology that appeared unequal to the disaster.
Financially Sound
More driven by federal policy than technology, recent developments in financial software for government are closely tracking high-level directives that emphasize lines of business, strategic plans and project portfolios instead of next week's payroll or overdue payables.
A side order of storage
Just about everyone needs or will need more data storage.
Lessons learned: NASA patch management
In little more than a year, NASA managed to deploy an automated patch management system that now covers more than 80,000 devices, about 94 percent of the space agency's computers.
Patch management makes life easier at NASA
Managing and automating the process of patching its diverse IT infrastructure has helped NASA get a green rating for IT security on the President's Management Agenda.
Power User: Feed yourself a helping of RSS
Blogs are still hot, and now video bloggers running their own news shows online are the latest thing on the Web.
The Podcast Toolbox
If you're prepared to start adding podcasts to your agency's communications programs, there's plenty of software available.
Is this thing on? (tap, tap)
It started as a hobbyist technology and recently found a foothold at forward-thinking federal agencies.
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