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HHS rules on electronic health records have broad impact
January 11, 2010 - By Alice Lipowicz
The Health and Human Services Department’s proposed regulations for distributing $17 billion in electronic health records incentives may broaden the gap between early and late adopters, ignore lab data, increase fragmentation in health care and impose administrative burdens, according to panelists who have analyzed the regulations.

Insourcing talk reignites debate about cost of government services
January 8, 2010 - By Matthew Weigelt
Acquisition officials wrestle with how to calculate overhead costs in public/private comparisons.

President calls for urgent improvements to anti-terrorism efforts
January 7, 2010 by Ben Bain
President Barack Obama today directed his national security team to take actions, many involving technology and information technology, to bolster government’s watch-listing and transportation security systems. Obama's order came in response to a failed terrorist attack on a flight en route to Detroit on Christmas Day.

Four U.S. agencies deficient in controlling stimulus reporting errors, auditors say
January 05, 2010 - By Alice Lipowicz
Inspectors general found shortcomings in the procedures to monitor data quality for economic stimulus law reporting at the Agriculture, Defense and Homeland Security departments and the Small Business Administration, according to a new report.

NASA issues new RFP under multibillion-dollar IT program
January 7, 2010 - By Ben Bain
NASA has released its final requirements for an information technology services contract to consolidate the agency’s enterprise applications and improve its IT security posture.

GSA chief of staff Germain steps aside
January 6, 2010 - By Matthew Weigelt
Danielle Germain, chief of staff at the General Services Administration since June, today said Jan. 6 is her last day at GSA..

6 security trends to watch in 2010
January 05, 2010 - By Patricia Titus
Security became a watchword for the nation during the first decade of the new millennium. The events of Sept. 11, 2001, exposed, in a single day, our many vulnerabilities and focused the nation like never before on securing the homeland from threats on many fronts. The quest for security continues as we enter 2010 facing persistent as well as emerging threats and risks, which include increasingly sophisticated and difficult-to-detect cyber attacks and new vulnerabilities and challenges related to the growth of social networking sites and the use of cloud computing environments.