HHS, CMS fall short on managing IT investments
A lack of regular reviews by the Health and Human Services Department of HHS agencies' IT investments by the IT investment board leaves 90 percent of the investments without appropriate executive oversight, according to the Government Accountability Office.
HHS wants automated public health reporting
Health and Human Services secretary Mike Leavitt wants health care providers to have the capability, within one year, to transmit three types of data as part of nationwide public health information reporting.
NOAA provides rainfall analysis Web site
The National Weather Service unveiled today a Web site that provides analyses of rainfall, which could help emergency management agencies monitor and respond to floods.
DOD seeks telepharmacy system
The Defense Department is conducting research on commercially available technology products for a telepharmacy application for its Military Health System.
New VA CFO Henke faces major management challenge
One of Robert Henke's biggest tasks will be to determine how to implement an integrated financial management system after the abandonment of the CoreFLS system.
Interior wants OMB to referee dispute over its IT security
Interior secretary Gale Norton disagrees with the inspector general's security assessement and has asked the Office of Management and Budget to clarify security requirements.
Portfolio management data can drive budget decisions
When a department's enterprise architecture identifies duplicate projects, portfolio management data plays a significant role in determining which project gets funded.
IRS improves Web site search function for users
The IRS has redesigned its Web site to improve its search capabilities and make access easier to agency software for taxpayers and tax professionals.
DOD e-health record system halfway through installation
The Defense Department announced today that it was halfway through the implementation of its Web-based electronic health record to DOD facilities around the world.
DHS requests FirstSource IT commodities proposals
The Homeland Security Department today released its request for proposals for the FirstSource contract vehicle worth up to $3 billion for acquiring IT commodities.
HHS underwrites efforts to accelerate health IT in Gulf Coast
The Health and Human Services Department has formed agreements with two organizations that will plan for and promote the widespread use of electronic health records in the Gulf Coast region as it rebuilds after recent hurricanes.
NFC's preparation paid off when Katrina hit New Orleans
Hurricane Katrina was bearing down on New Orleans just as the National Finance Center prepared to add 60,000 Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard employees to the payroll system.
Health IT network prototypes to try real-world data uses
The Health and Human Services Department this month awarded $18.6 million in contracts to four groups of health care and health IT groups to develop four prototypes for a nationwide health information architecture'the final piece of the health IT foundation.
CMS prepares for chronic-care management system
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released a draft statement of work for requirements for its Chronic Care Improvement Information Management System.
Some agencies slip on PMA scorecard
Six agencies stumbled in the e-government portion of the latest President's Management Agenda <a href=http://www.whitehouse.gov/results/agenda/scorecard.html>scorecard</a>, with three of them dropping from the highest rating of green.
HHS awards health IT network prototype contracts
The Health and Human Services Department today awarded contracts totaling $18.6 million to four health care and health IT groups to develop prototypes for a nationwide health information network architecture.
VA needs time to get Peaches 3 right
The Veterans Affairs Department has been wrestling with a final request for proposals for its next-generation department-wide hardware and software contract. VA CIO Robert McFarland wants to get it right, so it may take longer than planned.
IRS awards TIPSS-3 contracts
The IRS has awarded Total Information Processing Support Services-3 contracts to 21 vendors.
IRS' IT reorg strives for unified view, fast dividends
It may have taken the IRS a long time to improve the way it delivers services to taxpayers, but its recent management reorganization should pay dividends immediately, officials say.
Patient authentication standard could win patients' trust
The federal government should play a larger role in ensuring that electronic health records protect patients' data, because gaining patients' trust will be a key factor in gaining public support for health IT, according to the federally appointed Commission for System Interoperability.
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