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President Obama gets his own EMR
President Obama is a huge supporter of electronic medical records because it cuts costs and delivers better health care. His economic stimulus plan includes billions of dollars to bring the American... Read more...
Obama seeks a chief tweeter
The White House is not just talking about Twitter. It's using the social network as a tool in the hardcore world of Washington politics. And it's looking for someone to be the president's chief... Read more...
Release of secret documents delayed
President Obama is pledging an unprecedented age of transparency, but the spy agencies are holding him up. There are a number of documents--all more than 25 years old--that the administration has not... Read more...
Another guilty plea in passport snooping spree
The urge to peek into the confidential passport files at the State Department is proving just too much for government employees. In the latest case, an eighth person has pleaded guilty to illegally... Read more...
Obama to release open government directive
President Obama's pledge of transparency is moving to a new level very shortly. In the next two weeks, he will release his Open Government Directive that will require federal agencies to outline... Read more...
White House wants IT results in 90 days
What would it take for an IT shop to solve a problem or build a new service in 90 days? That's the challenge that President Obama is issuing to government IT executives. Don't wait a minute, get it... Read more...
Government gets good grades for websites
The public is giving the federal government a round of applause for its websites, according to the University of Michigan's American Customer Satisfaction Index for e-government. Overall e-government... Read more...
Digital pioneer: VA hospitals
The Department of Veterans Affairs has had its own struggles with e-health records but it's so far ahead of the private sector that it is a great role model for those just getting started. Doctors... Read more...
10 hot sites for government transparency
Transparency is in. Secrets are out. In the last 10 months, the public has started seeing government information that's never been available before--openness in the form of websites, blogs and social... Read more...
Federal IT spending slows down
Don't spend your federal IT dollars like you've got all the money in the world. You don't, and federal IT budgets are predicted to grow more slowly over the next several years, according to a new... Read more...
