People
DOD mulls network coordination
Communications leader pushes for the creation of joint net acquisitions.
Digital Government
HHS' Leavitt continues to push health IT standards
HHS secretary continues push for the development of heallth IT standards, saying the federal government can pave the way through its power of its purse.
People
Grimes eyed for DOD job
Raytheon executive John Grimes has emerged as a candidate for nomination as the permanent assistant secretary of defense for command, control, communications and intelligence.
People
Big buy planned for GIG-BE
The Defense Information Systems Network Access Transport Services acquisition could include contracts worth up to $500 million.
People
Unions riled by Pentagon
Unions representing 100,000 workers withdrew from talks on the National Security Personnel System even as another union requested delays on base closures.
People
Troubled JTRS hits another roadblock
The Army's Joint Tactical Radio System program has stalled again because service officials have issued a partial stop-work order to General Dynamics.
Digital Government
Health care IT agenda inches forward
HHS secretary makes a pitch for public/private partnership.
Digital Government
Garden State plants e-health seeds
New Jersey officials are planning a statewide electronic health record system.
Digital Government
Health IT contracts coming
HHS seeks consultants to help develop a nationwide health information architecture and a process for certifying electronic records.
People
Six win RFID reader deals
The Army awarded six blanket purchase agreements for RFID readers used throughout the military supply chain.
Digital Government
HHS sees health tech urgency
A report scheduled for release today describes health IT as an 'urgent priority' and calls for investment in electronic health records.
Digital Government
Health IT report calls for fed leadership
Corporate CEOs want the federal government to drive health information technology standards and improvements.
People
JTRS costs leap higher
The cost of developing software waveforms for the Joint Tactical Radio System has now topped $1 billion while total program costs have spiraled above $30 billion.
Digital Government
Health tech bill expected
Reps. Tim Murphy and Patrick Kennedy plan to introduce a measure to boost the use of health information technology.
People
NHS needs health IT personnel
There's a global shortage of qualified professionals who understand both health care and IT, says the director general of the United Kingdom's health IT project.
Digital Government
Alberta health images to go all digital
Alberta's provincial health agency plans to develop and deploy a $177 million medical digital imagery system by 2008.
People
Radios aid relief workers
A satellite radio system developed to aid relief workers could serve as the basis for a global tsunami warning system.
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