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For quality, it's hard to top veterans' health care

MarketWatch explains.

Tags: newscast , DorobekInsider , Must Reads , health care

Tuesday - 06/22/2010, 01:19pm EDT

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VA employees misplace Blackberries

13 employees lost their devices.

Tags: newscast , DorobekInsider , Must Reads , BlackBerry

Monday - 06/21/2010, 12:00pm EDT

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VA innovates innovation ideas

Winners have been announced in the most recent effort under the VA's Innovation Initiative, a department-wide program that brings the most promising innovations to VA's most important challenges by involving employees and the private sector in the creation of visionary solutions in service to Veterans. VA CTO Dr. Peter Levin has details.

Tags: Federal Drive , technology , management , innovation , VHA/OIT Innovation Competition , Peter Levin , CTO , best practices , Suzanne Kubota

Monday - 06/21/2010, 11:09am EDT

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Carper pushes energy efficiency standards

Legislation calls for agencies to adopt computer power savings techniques, implement advanced metering technology and create energy data standards.

Tags: management , Tom Carper , Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee , green government , energy efficiency , Meg Beasley

Thursday - 06/17/2010, 07:14pm EDT

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OMB pressing agencies to get IT projects on track

Federal CIO Vivek Kundra says there are $27 billion in IT projects that are troubled. The administration will issue a new strategy to expand the use of TechStat review sessions. Agencies also are feeling the heat to review all IT projects before they submit their 2012 budgets to OMB.

Tags: technology , management , Vivek Kundra , Jerry Williams , Danny Harris , Roger Baker , OMB , HUD , Education , Information Week , TechStat , Project management , PMAS , GI Bill , Jason Miller

Wednesday - 06/16/2010, 06:14am EDT

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DoD, VA database mesh a model for collaboration

Determining the language you'll use to work together is step one, says MHS CIO Chuck Campbell.

Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , In Depth Conversation , Chuck Campbell , James Peake , DoD , MHS , health IT , technology , best practices , management

Monday - 06/14/2010, 07:08pm EDT

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GAO: Agency rules allow conferences at resort locations

A recent GAO report looked at agencies' policies for choosing the locations of conferences and found that cost was the number one factor when it came to planning. Details from GAO's Lorelei St. James.

Tags: Federal Drive , management , GAO , federal travel , resorts , conferences , Lorelei St. James , Suzanne Kubota , GSA , SSA , USDA , DoC , DoD , HHS , DHS , DOI , DoJ , DOT , Treasury ,

Monday - 06/14/2010, 11:33am EDT

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DoD shows off health IT progress

Defense Health Information Management System's program manager says e-health records are saving lives and making soldiers safer. The information also is giving commanders more data on soldiers to help stave off health problems.

Tags: technology , DaCosta Barrow , DoD , Defense Health Information Management System , health IT , information sharing , Jason Miller

Monday - 06/14/2010, 06:55am EDT

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