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FCC's Rural Health Care Program needs assessment, measurement, says GAO
Since the Federal Communications Commission's Rural Health Care Program launched in 1997, the FCC has never assessed rural healthcare providers' telecommunications needs, according to the Government
Audio: GSA officials announce telepresence capability, provide update on IaaS, FedSpace
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - The General Services Administration will be leveraging telepresence at 14 of its offices by January or February of 2011, said Martha Johnson, chief administrator at GSA, during a
Time for Gov 2.0: It's all about the platform
Tim O'Reilly, the founder and CEO of computer book publisher O'Reilly Media, and the man who coined the term Web 2.0 five years ago, argues that the government must think broadly about use of the new
Rockefeller: Bill won't shut down the Internet
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) stepped up to the plate this week to make it clear that his bill to secure federal IT systems does not give the president the authority to shut down the Internet. A
Pentagon facing data overload
A new report says that massive amounts of surveillance imagery and sensor data could overwhelm the military's ability to handle the information. A previously secret report, obtained by the Federation
GAO: FDA needs IT modernization plan
It's not surprising that the Food and Drug Administration just flunked a key test about modernizing its IT systems and infrastructure. The complex agency has been having plenty of problems completing
SSA adpots VoIP
The Social Security Administration is embracing 21st century technology just in time for the baby boomers to retire. The agency is about a third of the way into a program to replace phone systems at
Input: Where to find the money
The ink is not yet dry on President Obama's 2010 budget, and Congress has not approved it. But a preliminary analysis by Input, the IT think tank, finds there are plenty of winners. The chief winner
EDS gets extra year to run NMCI
EDS, which has been building the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet for the past 10 years, is expected to get an extra year to handle the contract that is set to expire on Sept. 30, 2010. The Navy said on
Is your agency a winner in the stimulus package?
Now that the $787 billion stimulus package has been signed into law, plenty of government agencies stand to win a huge amount of work and oversight responsibilities in distributing massive amounts of
