Technology

  • June 10th, 2009 The General Services Administration has moved USA.gov and Gobierno.gov to the cloud. GSA Acting Administrator of the Office of Citizen Services and Communications Martha Dorris talks about why - and how - they moved these flagship Federal sites.

    June 10, 2009
  • Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says the possibility of a U.S.-Russian partnership on missile defense have improved because Moscow is becoming more concerned about Iran. The defense secretary told senators Tuesday that U.S. offers to put radar or data exchange centers in Russia are among the options being discussed. Russian and U.S. officials are working intensively on a successor deal to the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or START I, which expires in December. Negotiators are aiming for some results by the time Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hosts President Barack Obama July 6-8 in Moscow.

    June 10, 2009
  • I mentioned that I was going to be on DC’s NewsChannel 8’s Federal News Tonight last night — talking dashboards, no less. (To be honest, I was a bit concerned the topic was a bit…

    June 10, 2009
  • Calling it a public safety issue, the Federal Communications Commission made a decision last month to protect VoIP customers who rely on the service to make phone calls. For these customers, providers must now warn…

    June 09, 2009
  • I’ll be on DC’s NewsChannel 8 in the 7:30p ET half-hour — their Federal News Tonight program — and I’ll be talking about dashboards. Some of the issues we’ll be covering: * What is a…

    June 09, 2009
  • Aneesh Chopra Chief Technology Officer June 18, 2009

    June 09, 2009
  • Last week’s Management of Change Conference featured speeches and presentations from some of the administration’s biggest names, talking about moving forward on leadership issues. Two of the biggest names were new Chief Information Officer Vivek…

    June 08, 2009
  • Many hospitals are making cutbacks to help weather the economic storm, causing health IT budgets to feel the squeeze. More than half of the nation’s hospitals have had to postpone health IT projects because of…

    June 08, 2009
  • A New England Journal of Medicine article says electronic health records could boost the quality of health care for Americans. The author of the study says doctors can improve how they treat people if every…

    June 08, 2009
  • A Virginia hospital is getting ready to roll out a fully integrated clinical and revenue management information technology system. Once the system is integrated, doctors will be able to review patient status and document their…

    June 08, 2009
  • A health facility in Delaware is the first health system in the United States to adopt an e-ICU program to remotely monitor critically ill patients in hospitals. The facility connects to outside patients using voice,…

    June 08, 2009
  • Intensive care patients in Maryland are now able to connect to specialized doctors and nurses at a remote care center through voice, video, and data lines. Thanks to Maryland eCare, hospitals in the state can…

    June 08, 2009
  • Government auditors say the US may be shooting itself in the foot when it comes to protecting weapons and other critical pieces of technology. The Government Accountability Office says that programs in place to secure…

    June 08, 2009
  • Business intelligence — it is one of the buzz words that floats around these days. But what is it anyway? Bob Ghafouri is president and chief executive of Cadence Quest, and we asked him to…

    June 05, 2009

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