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The Office of Personnel Management says all federal employees who use the Federal Employee Health Benefits Plan will soon be able to download their own personal health records. Providers in the FEHBP are adding the Blue Button technology, initially spearheaded by the Department of Veterans Affairs. OPM says it\'ll let feds access their own lab results, medication and problem lists, allergies, appointment data and wellness reminders from a secure website. The office says the recognizable Blue Button service will make it easier to share those records with health providers and family members.
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Several of the U.S. government\'s most recognizable websites are moving to the cloud. The General Services Administration has signed a deal to transition sites including USA.gov, data.gov and several others to a privately hosted and managed cloud platform. GSA made the 20 million dollar award under its new blanket purchase agreement for cloud infrastructure-as-a-service. It\'s the second such major deal under that BPA. The Homeland Security department used the vehicle to move several of its public websites to the cloud last summer.
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Congress has added a roadblock to the Army\'s move to a government-operated cloud for enterprise email service. Language in this year\'s Defense authorization bill requires the Army to put its move to the cloud on hold while it prepares reports and business case analyses for the service, operated by the Defense Information Systems Agency, and reports back to lawmakers. The Army estimates it\'ll set back its transition to enterprise email by at least 45 days.
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A new survey finds many U.S. physicians don\'t yet see the benefits of health technology, and that they\'re lagging behind their counterparts the rest of the world. The research by Accenture found 45 percent of U.S. doctors think healthcare IT will improve diagnostic decisions, compared to 61 percent across the globe. And only 45 percent think it improves their patients\' health outcomes. In the rest of the world, it\'s 59 percent.
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Diversity. Cybersecurity. Accountability. Jobs. These are the watchwords of the Administration today. Explore how innovation and accountability are revolutionizing government at the Federal Senior Management Conference, April 15-18 in Cambridge, MD Join the brain-trust of…
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In 2011, more than 28 percent of federal employees were union members. That\'s in contrast to less than 7 percent of unionized employees in the private sector.
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Rather than create two new agencies to tackle counterfeit merchandise and crack financial crimes, Jonathan Adler, president of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, says existing agencies can do the work with additional funding.
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Marco Giamberardino, senior director of the Federal and Heavy Construction Division at the Associated General Contractors of America, discusses the administration\'s efforts to streamline the federal permitting process.
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The counterterrorism office in the State Department has been upgraded to a full-fledged. It\'s part of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton\'s goal of greater smart power capability.
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DoD says it will modify its acquisition regulations to require contracting officers to use the performance-based payments analysis tool.
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The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive host Tom Temin discuss throughout the show each day. The Newscast is designed to give FederalNewsRadio.com users more information about the stories you hear on the air. Today\'s newscast includes no-camping rules for D.C. protestors, Air Force cuts and a lawsuit filed by former FDA scientists and doctors.
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Department is calling for better internal communication to ensure records managers are on the same page. VA will offer credit monitoring to more than 2,000 veterans.
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The Air Force expects to cut its end strength by roughly 10,000 under the new DoD strategy the Pentagon revealed last week. Also the Army\'s service chief indicated DoD plans to ask Congress for two more rounds of base realignments and closures.
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Congress is about to deal you a hand you won\'t like, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. So what if you could pick your predicament? What\'s the lesser of evils that may be coming your way?
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