Federal News Countdown: VA’s cyber tools, unproductive Congress

Horace Blackman, vice president of health and life sciences at Lockheed Martin, and Jon Adler, president of Federal Law Enforcement Officers of America, count down...

Guests on the Federal News Countdown:

  • Horace Blackman, vice president of health and life sciences, Lockheed Martin, former regional chief information officer, VA
  • Jon Adler, president, Federal Law Enforcement Officers of America

Horace Blackman’s stories:

#3 Patient data held for ransom at rural Illinois hospital (Modern Healthcare)

#2 Health IT 2014: Interoperability, Ebola and Healthcare.gov 2.0 (fedscoop)

#1 VA bringing latest cyber tools to bear to improve network defenses (Federal News Radio)

Jon Adler’s stories:

#3 Obama commutes prison sentences for eight, pardons 12 (The Washington Post)

#2 Indiana cop asked to stop selling ‘Breathe easy’ shirts (Fox News)

#1 Historically unproductive Congress ends (The Hill)

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