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The State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development have decided to partner with the private sector to get basic health information to expectant mothers in developing countries. The Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action will focus on delivering critical information to mothers in areas where mobile phones are plentiful, but health care access is scarce. The first round will focus on Bangladesh, South Africa and India. From there, they hope to build it into a global program.
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The Army will turn to members of the public and industry to help it develop software more quickly. Their first Apps For Army challenge was open only to Army employees, but officials say the second round will tap into industry as part of the buildup to the forthcoming Army applications Marketplace. The Army says it wants to use the challenge to deliver new software capabilities in as little as 90 days, and generate applications that can be used on any platform -- whether mobile or desktop.
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The US Department of Agriculture wanted to make food safety information available to people where and when they actually need it, like in the kitchen, at the barbecue grill or the grocery store. So they developed a web-based mobile application to answer some of the most common questions about preparing, handling and storing food. The app, which they\'re calling \"Ask Karen,\" lets users search through a list of about 1,500 questions designed to help prevent foodborne illness. It\'s optimized for Android, iPhone and iPad devices, but will work with most mobile phones.
May 19, 2011 -
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Something your agency is doing to become more efficient could actually be hurting it. Ed Hammersla is chief operating officer of Raytheon Trusted Computer Solutions.
May 19, 2011 -
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It\'s no coincidence the new cyber university is in Hanover, not far from Fort George G. Meade and the U.S. Cyber Command based there.
May 19, 2011 -
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Join us for a Special Edition of The Business of Government Hour a Conversation with Authors -- exploring national security, power, and intelligence in the 21st century.
May 18, 2011 -
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Leaders in the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments say a new system that will let them jointly evaluate the disabilities of wounded servicemembers is a vast improvement over old procedures, but it will take another year or two before they can meet their goal of evaluating disabilities within 300 days.
May 18, 2011 -
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IT management challenges continue at the VA and the Government Accountability Office\'s recommendations might keep your agency off the high-risk list. Joel Willemssen is the Managing Director for Information Technology Issues at the GAO.
May 18, 2011 -
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A new bill for saving energy and money for your agency. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) explains it.
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Learn more in today\'s cybersecurity update
May 18, 2011 -
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Phil Reitinger is moving on from the Homeland Security Department.
May 18, 2011 -
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The ARPA-NET inventors are getting two historical markers in Arlington where their office used to be.
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A system designed to get wounded troops out of the military and on disability compensation more quickly has failed recently to meet its efficiency goals, delaying service members\' release sometimes more than a year, documents show.
May 18, 2011 -
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Jim Williams, former commissioner of GSA\'s Federal Acquisition Service, tells Federal News Radio what he\'s been learning working on biometric security in the private sector.
May 18, 2011
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