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VHA taps CareFusion for bar code software

The product reads bar codes on medication and software modules, such as those that verify and label lab specimens.

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Proposed budget big on pandemic flu readiness

Request includes $188 million for CDC to improve public health disease surveillance.

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Official: Inefficient systems hinder commanders

Army Lt. Gen. John Vines said combat commanders in Iraq need integrated information to do their jobs.

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Battlefield medical systems join Digital Age

System developed at Landstuhl, Germany, medical center tracks wounded warriors.

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DOD review of $13B Encore II to be completed by Feb. 14

Revisions expected, with new due date 30 days after release of new amendment.

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DOD's e-health record system to be ready in a year

A senior Pentagon health affairs official said the system represents a "revolution in battlefield medicine."

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DOD eyes changes in health care benefits

Proposals could include increased co-payments.

Digital Government

N.Y. mayor plans $100 million EHR system

Bloomberg seeks financial help from state and federal governments.

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High-level command to counter roadside bombs

The group will develop new strategies to defeat roadside bombs and other improvised hazards for troops serving in Iraq.

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Judge delays NSPS

A delay until at least March 1 will give a federal judge time to review arguments in a lawsuit challenging the National Security Personnel System.

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Cyberattacker pleads guilty

John Ancheta, 20, infected DISA, Navy systems

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DISA extends Encore II proposals deadline

They had been due Jan. 30.

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Scientists want tour bus passengers tracked for flu

Scientists in Las Vegas and Branson, Mo., asked the CDC to consider electronically tracking tour bus passengers for pandemic flu.

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Socom seeks Web-based collaboration tools

Command also lists satellite terminals capable of handling broadband data on the battlefield among its unmet technology needs.

Modernization

DISA declares GIG-BE fiber net fully operational

The Defense Information Systems Agency said its nationwide fiber-optic network is operational today, but added that a few outlying nodes remain unconnected.

Digital Government

Senate passes pandemic bill to help developing countries

The legislation calls for training and ways to monitor potential bioterrorism threats or pandemic outbreaks.

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Army equips Baghdad embassy with e-health system

U.S. Embassy medical employees use system, which runs on laptops, to request and access lab tests.

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Flu drug liability attached to DOD spending bill

Congress tacked liability protection for companies developing avian flu vaccines onto the fiscal 2006 Defense appropriations bill.

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UC/Bechtel to manage Los Alamos

The Energy Department awarded a contract worth as much as $558 million to a team led by the University of California and Bechtel National to oversee the lab.

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First advanced GPS satellite goes live

The Air Force and Lockheed Martin put into operation new military and civilian signals to improve encryption and accuracy.