Digital Government
Congress cuts $3.46B from Bush's avian flu request
A House-Senate conference committee added the funding to DOD's Appropriations bill and $29B for assistance to hurricane-damaged regions in the South.
Digital Government
House OKs $111.7M for ONCHIT
It provides HHS' Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology with $16 million more than the Senate version of the bill.
People
Pacom wants more flexible NMCI
The command's CIO wants the intranet to support users outside the Navy and Marine Corps.
People
Navy opts for thin-client systems onboard ships
Decision reflects need to harness more computing power without burdening shipboard resources.
People
Intercepts: Aloha Edition
We spent last week in Hawaii at AFCEA International's TechNet Asia-Pacific 2005 conference, while Washington, D.C., went through its first snow of the season.
Modernization
Air Force to increase Guam's bandwidth
The move is necessary to support more planned operations, Pacific Air Forces' chief information officer said.
Digital Government
HHS releases pandemic flu checklist for businesses
Plans call for businesses to develop IT infrastructures that support telecommuting and remote user access.
Digital Government
Hawaii preparing for pandemic flu
State health officials plan to develop a data management system that will correlate a wide range of related information.
People
Pacom leads military in pandemic planning
The U.S. military's preparation for a possible outbreak of bird flu lags that of Asian and Pacific countries.
People
DISA's Encore II contract valued at $13B
Vehicle expected to help defense agencies transition their services to DISA's NCES program.
Digital Government
HHS asks states for pandemic plans
HHS wants all 50 states to develop pandemic plans that coincide with federal plans.
People
CDC to track quarantined people
The agency plans to use a secure, Web-based system to track people when they are isolated or quarantined as part of an effort to control the spread of infectious diseases.
Digital Government
CDC plans flight e-tracking
CDC plans to collect data on 600 million airline passengers a year to help fight pandemics.
People
Army wants any time, anywhere RFID tag
GovWorks is responsible for buying tags equipped with satellite and cellular capabilities.
People
Arthur K. Cebrowski, 1942-2005
Navy vice admiral was known as father of network-centric warfare
Digital Government
USDA bill provides $33.4M for animal ID
The bill, passed last week, also put tight restrictions on the department's acquisition of new information technology systems.
Digital Government
Diaspora dispatches
Stories of how individual health care workers, hospital IT staff and policy planners responded to Katrina reveal the glaring weaknesses -- and the buried potential -- of the nation's health IT infrastructure.
Digital Government
Mending the safety net
CIOs say public hospital tech gap threatens national health network
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