Technology

  • The average wait time for scheduling appointments at doctors’ offices is on the rise, according to a new report. But health IT can relieve administrative bottlenecks for doctors. Integrating the workflow can automate scheduling and…

    June 18, 2009
  • A new company is hoping to bring down Americans’ blood pressure – and health care costs. The Center for Connected Health will allow self-insured employers to help their employees manage their health. One of the…

    June 18, 2009
  • Forget reading health journals or waiting to talk to your doctor. When people want their health questions answered, they go online. That’s according to a new report from the Pew Research Center. The survey found…

    June 18, 2009
  • Opponents of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election are using Twitter to help organize their protests. Now President Ahmadinejad’s team is trying to shut down twitter, facebook and other social networking tools. Daniel Terdiman is a…

    June 17, 2009
  • Federal News Radio has been telling you about ‘un-conferences’ — something akin to the Web 2.0 versions of conferences. The latest one comes up this weekend — Privacy Camp. Shaun Dakin is the CEO and…

    June 17, 2009
  • FISMA, TIC and other components of the Cyber Initiative are in the spotlight on this week’s Federal Security Spotlight. This week, host Tom Temin traveled to the Department of Defense to talk with Brigadier General…

    June 17, 2009
  • President Obama’s recent announcement of a new cyber security program has some wondering whether or not America’s cyberspace can actually be kept safe. Charles Dodd is the chief technology officer and founder of Nicor Global,…

    June 17, 2009
  • It is just fascinating to watch what is happening in Iran. It is interesting with all the discussion about how the Obama campaign used so-called “new media,” but this is almost more… not real, but……

    June 17, 2009
  • New strategy among first cybersecurity efforts being addressed after 60-day review. Hathaway says cyber coordinator could be announced in a matter of weeks.

    June 17, 2009
  • The administration may not have named a cyber czar yet, but when they do, this person will inherit some new initiatives in motion. These include a new national strategy and international collaboration. FederalNewsRadio’s Jason Miller…

    June 16, 2009
  • By Dorothy Ramienski Internet Editor FederalNewsRadio The General Services Administration awarded an additional Internet security contract modification today to Verizon Business Services. Verizon got the award as a contract modification on GSA’s Networx Universal telecommunications…

    June 16, 2009
  • Changes might be coming to the REAL ID program. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano recently said she plans to scale back portions of the law. Cynthia Wong is the Plesser Fellow at the Center for…

    June 16, 2009
  • I’m not big into tooting my own horn — in general, do you really care — but… this one was nice. (That being said… the Bette Midler quote somehow is going through my head right…

    June 16, 2009
  • With a growing Spanish-speaking minority in the United States, there is a need to reach out to populations that use a non-English Web sites. Federal agencies are starting to consider having Web sites that are…

    June 16, 2009

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