Last week, District of Columbia Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Bryan Sivak announced the launch of the first common platform for “Open 311.â€Â Open 311 provides free Application Programming Interface (API) access to
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The Department of Energy has spent only 7 percent of the $36.7 billion it received under the Recovery Act to fund renewable energy and efficiency projects, GovExec reported today. Last week, the
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the “Communities Putting Prevention to Work” initiative this past Friday. The availability of Recovery Act Funds for this community prevention
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The Health and Human Services Department and the National Institute of Standards and Technology are creating a program that will enable vendors to obtain certifications for their electronic health record systems, so
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The Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson has become part of the Twitter community. She joined Twitter just yesterday, March 4, and she already has 1,434 followers as of this morning. Start
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Physicians, healthcare directors and chief technology officers were among those who according to ExecutiveBiz’s list of the top 10 government health IT leaders have made an impact in their field and will
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Christine Shafik is director of the Office of Risk Management for the U.S. Department of Energy. In this role, she is responsible for the oversight of the department’s financial resource planning, as
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The General Services Administration has scrapped a previous quotation request for cloud infrastructure services and is planning to offer a new one, after absorbing feedback from various agencies and vendors. “Eleven months
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The National Nuclear Security Administration has launched an online mentoring program that connects senior staff with less-experienced employees to promote learning and the transfer of institutional knowledge across the nuclear security enterprise.
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Last Thursday, the U.S Environmental Protection Agency announced 20 communities (two of which are Indian tribes) will receive $7.8 million in grants that will fund projects to reduce greenhouse gases. The title
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