Technology

  • But who will certify the certifiers? We get a feel for how Health IT certification works from HHS\'s Dr. Doug Fridsma.

    December 07, 2010
  • \"(P)erhaps the lesson of Wikileaks should be that the open air is less fearsome than we\'d thought. That should lead to less secrecy. After all, the only sure defense against leaks is transparency,\" says Prof. Jeff Jarvis. He joins us to talk about it.

    December 07, 2010
  • \"We want to protect the end user and we don\'t want them to care if it was antivirus or personal firewall; you want to protect them in a broader scheme,\" says ISCA Labs.

    December 07, 2010
  • December 6th and December 8th, 2010 Join us for a conversation with government technology leaders on the intersection of technology and government mission.

    December 06, 2010
  • Princeton computer scientist Harlan Yu explains why the judicial branch is struggling to be more transparent.

    December 06, 2010
  • The Treasury Department is moving to the cloud and starting an official blog.

    December 06, 2010
  • GSA announced last week that it has hired Unisys to move its e-mail to the cloud. Federal News Radio’s Jason Miller reports agencies and vendors are closely watching the move as a “proof of concept for the rest of government.” Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra admits if GSA shows moving its e-mail to the [...]

    December 06, 2010
  • The New York Times, Daily Beast and other publications report on how agencies and contractors are responding to the WikiLeaks released of classified documents.

    December 06, 2010
  • The added accreditation brings greater transparency security to the cloud, says the Microsoft blog.

    December 06, 2010
  • The BBC reports that Chinese officials orchestrated the hacking at Google earlier this year, according to WikiLeaks cables.

    December 06, 2010
  • December 9th, 2010 at 11:00AM The value of accessing, analyzing, and securely sharing health information is clear—the ability to confidently come together as a single community to do so is not. How health information exchange will facilitate individual mission priorities, while advancing a common vision of a unified health system, is a constant demand. Core issues such as privacy, security, and trust must be put in the right context to make informed decisions, make health information exchange possible, and improve the health and wellness of our nation. Realizing the Promise of Health Information Exchange: Have We Turned a Corner?, part of the Booz Allen Hamilton Expert Voices panel series, features top industry and federal health experts who understand the opportunities and challenges of Health Information Exchange.

    December 06, 2010
  • Demand for vendor-furnished information security products and services by the U.S. federal government will increase from $8.6 billion in 2010 to $13.3 billion in 2015 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.1%. INPUT\'s John Slye explains why.

    December 06, 2010
  • Computer networks and social networks depend on interaction between individuals -- whether it\'s individual machines or human beings. The science of these complex interactions shares some common underlying themes, and a team of Army researchers hopes that examining these networks will provide feasible solutions.

    December 06, 2010
  • Several of the most promising technological research projects at University System of Maryland-related labs are getting a strategic infusion of federal cash to help them through the most difficult phase of development, and toward the commercial market. Maryland\'s Jacques Gansler explains.

    December 06, 2010

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