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The Navy has awarded a contract worth up to 638-million dollars to modernize the IT infrastructure aboard its ships. The Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services, or CANES project, will consolidate at least five different network architecutures that grew up on Navy ships in a stovepiped fashion. The goal is to install the system on 180 ships, submarines and maritime operations centers by the year 2020. The first CANES installation is scheduled to go live on a Navy destroyer later this year.
February 02, 2012 -
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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is working to identify some best practices for mobile devices. The project aims to help medical providers secure and protect health information on laptops, tablets and smartphones as those devices continue to proliferate throughout the clinical sector. The ONC will gather public input to identify good practices. It then plans to spread those practices through what it promises will be clear, concise, easy to understand language.
February 02, 2012 -
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The lawyer for a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay charged in the attack on the U.S.S. Cole has asked a judge to allow him to question the president of Yemen while he is in the U.S. for treatment. Navy Lt Cmdr. Steven Reyes, represents Abd al-Nashiri said he think President Ali Abdullah Saleh has information he can use in his clients trial.
February 02, 2012 -
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This week on AFGE\'s \"Inside Government\" U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin discusses her efforts to shift the nation\'s health focus from sickness and disease to wellness and prevention. Dr. Benjamin is joined by Common Cause President and CEO and former Congressman Bob Edgar (D-Pa.), former Clinton White House senior staffer Bob Weiner, and Families USA Executive Director Ron Pollack from the recent Families USA Health Action 2012 Conference.
February 01, 2012 -
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The following is a full transcript of FedCentral’s interview with Dr. Mwendwa Mwenesi, mHealth Coordinator, Tanzania Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and Dr. Michael Cowan, Director, Deloitte Consulting LLP conducted by Jane Norris on…
January 31, 2012 -
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Hear firsthand from Dr. Mwendwa Mwenesi and Dr. Michael Cowan how mHealth is providing accessibility and affordability in global healthcare.
January 31, 2012 -
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Military Deputy Chief Combined Action Group (USCYBERCOM and NSA) Colonel John R. “Buck” Surdu was commissioned as a second lieutenant from the United States Military Academy as an infantry officer with a Bachelor of Science…
January 31, 2012 -
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The Pentagon grounded six Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jets at Edwards Air Force Base in southern California, due to a problem with the parachutes packed under the pilot\'s ejection seat -- Reuters reports the affected parachutes, manufactured by a privately owned British company, for Lockheed Martin were improperly folded and must be adjusted before the aircraft can resume test flights.
January 30, 2012 -
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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.
January 30, 2012 -
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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.
January 30, 2012 -
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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.
January 30, 2012 -
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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.
January 30, 2012 -
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Vice President, Cyber Initiatives Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions As Vice President of Cyber Initiatives, Lee Holcomb leads the Lockheed Martin Center for Cyber Security Innovation (CCSI) and manages technology solution development, process…
January 27, 2012
