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- SES bonuses under fire at GSA, other agencies
- VA's Gould moves the needle on VA challenges
- Obama appoints Danny Werfel acting IRS head
- Photo Gallery: Meet the 2013 Service to America Medal Finalists
- Next-gen Apple devices cleared to join Defense IT networks
- In fight over intelligence IT system, Army prioritizes access to data
- White House wants to root out copycat programs - starting with STEM
- Pentagon furloughs to begin July 8
- Causey: Don't work or we'll fire you!
- House bill protects homeland security budget
- Intelligence Community free from furloughs
- DoD aims to speed approval process for mobile devices
- OMB fuels the passion, synergy between mobile, open data
- GAO, OMB spar over whether to measure data center cost savings
- Agencies craving STEMM talent should bolster skills of persuasion
- DoD wants to know real costs of IT business systems
The budget, new and old, and your agency
On this week's show, host Mike Causey talks with NTEU president Colleen Kelley and Federal Times' Steve Watkins about different budget plans being considered and how they might hit you, or your agency, in the wallet.
Federal health IT coordinator Blumenthal to step down
Dr. David Blumenthal is leaving his post as head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.
Federal agencies strategize to fight bed bugs
Federal agencies are collaborating to fight bed bug infestations with common-sense practices.
HHS offers incentives for e-health data exchange
The next stage of meaningful use will demand even more health information exchange, says HHS's Dr. David Blumenthal.
HHS, Justice turning up heat on fraudsters
New rule published today details how the government will go from chasing criminals to using data and other tools to stop them as Medicare and Medicaid fraud is happening. The agencies report returning $4 billion back to the government in 2010, a 50 percent increase compared to 2009.
16 agencies sign on to help military families
Caring for the families of military personnel requires a coordinated approach across the federal government, President Obama said Monday. He said agencies have made 50 separate commitments to coordinate programs designed to assist the loved ones of servicemembers.
HHS driving electronic health record standards
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology wants to make exchanging electronic health records as easy as sending an e-mail.
HHS promotes simpler e-health record exchanges
The Office of National Coordinator for Health IT will spend the next year making it easier for health care providers to share patient data. Data sharing and interoperability are one of four major barriers the federal government is helping doctors and hospitals overcome.
Partnerships forming for health care reform
As the Nation implements recently enacted health reform legislation, our regional businesses are uniquely qualified to assist the federal government to transform Health IT. Maryland is home to HHS, NIH, FDA, NIST, SSA, and the new Cyber Security Command Center and all of these agencies work with businesses to innovate health information technology. Montgomery County's Barbara Ashe tells us about a way to bring the sectors together.
Training - a cybersecurity basic for HHS
Federal Security Spotlight speaks with Thomas Schankweiler III, chief information security officer in the office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
January 13, 2011
HHS 'Tip of the Day' offers cyber advice
A preview of Federal Security Spotlight with HHS' Tom Shankweiler.
HHS embraces bottom-up innovation
Todd Park, chief technology officer at the Department of Health and Human Services, tells host Francis Rose how HHS cultivates an entrepreneurial spirit.
Lessons on innovation from HHS' Todd Park
Park was the guest on In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss fostering innovation in government.
Federal workgroup to meet on bed bug problem
The Federal Bed Bug Workgroup meets in February for its second summit.
HHS certification takes Health IT one step closer
But who will certify the certifiers? We get a feel for how Health IT certification works from HHS's Dr. Doug Fridsma.
Seniors on Medicare Patrol win anti-fraud honor
The Administration on Aging's Senior Medicare Patrol program has been awarded the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association 2010 Excellence in Public Awareness Award. Kathy Greenlee, Assistant Secretary for Aging, Health and Human Services explains.
Federal workgroup forms to take a bite out of bedbugs
Federal offices face a public health scourge spreading across the nation: bedbugs. Five agencies have joined forces to form the Federal Bed Bug Workgroup, which works to educate on and control the spread of bed bugs. The EPA's director of Office of Pesticide Programs tells us about findings of the first National Bed Bug Summit.
AFFIRM panel: How to stay innovative
The AFFIRM panel discusses how to stay innovative.
HHS e-health IT funding to be performance based
HHS is just months away from awarding federal funds for health IT, but in order to earn the money, health providers will first have to prove that they are using electronic health records in a meaningful way. We get details from HHS CTO Todd Park.
