People

Up to their ears in issues

There's no shortage of work for chief privacy officers.

Modernization

State and local health agencies get grants

The nation’s largest private funder of health care research and development will make grants totaling $2 million to state and local public health agencies.

Digital Government

Commission mulls state law overrides

Panel may recommend that Congress trump state medical privacy laws.

Digital Government

Frist, Clinton team for health tech

The senators sponsored a health information technology bill designed to expand the current federal approach.

Acquisition

Medicare to aid e-records switch

Quality improvement contractors will assist small, mid-sized physicians.

People

Hospital shopper strikes a chord

Web site enables consumers to compare quality of care at facilities nationwide.

Digital Government

Leavitt: Feds to be early adopters of new standards

Use of health I.T. at federal agencies could spur private sector groups to follow suit.

Digital Government

Public health left out of regional exchanges?

Officials say health departments could benefit from links to regional information networks.

People

How women in IT make it to the top

Is a glass ceiling holding them down? Most don’t think so.

People

All quiet on the management front

Presidential candidates short on details of running the government

People

Election 2004: All quiet on the management front

Presidential candidates short on details of running the government

Digital Government

Survival tips for federal entrepreneurs

What has enabled the Technology Information Center to thrive for two decades?

People

Tech training center outlasts Lotus 1-2-3

In two decades of classes, only change is constant

People

Left in the dark

Many CIOs, denied the clout required by Clinger-Cohen, find themselves cut out of the decision-making process

People

Little progress on clearance overload

No one knows the size of the security clearance backlog.

People

Security clearances: The hottest ticket in town

A mini-industry is springing up for temp IT workers already cleared for sensitive work

People

Smart cards: A step ahead, or a step backward?

Some suggest using DOD's existing program

People

The science of project management

NASA teams with consortium to study management discipline

Digital Government

CIO Council to consider smart card rule

A proposal to require all federal agencies to use smart cards for employee IDs already has been adopted by the Federal Identity and Credentialing Committee.

Acquisition

No end in sight in quest for reform

Most agree 1990s reforms result in faster and cheaper procurements, but some question if everything is better