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.

People

No silver bullets

Initial DOD RFID hype gets tempered by reality.

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

Operation Tsunami Aid

DOD uses IT in biggest relief effort since Berlin airlift.

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.

People

Finally, a DOD rule on RFID

It's 11 months after the original deadline.