Today the federal Health Technology Policy Committee is meeting to discuss the recently proposed regulations on electronic health records by the Health and Human Services Department. The committee is in place to
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Electrical service provider Dominion Virginia Power has moved to delay full deployment of its smart-meter program, so the firm can expand ongoing testing. The smart meter has been tested in parts of
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Julius Genachowski outlined his goal of providing 100 megabits per second (Mbps) broadband internet access to 100 million Americans by 2020 at a speech to regulatory commissioners earlier today. He called the
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Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn visited with American allies in Australia recently, promoting American ties with the nation and to seek cooperation on cyber security issues. As reported by The New New
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HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis announced today a total of nearly $1 billion in American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) awards to advance the adoption and meaningful use
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Today, Energysaver.gov is the most highly searched term in Google. On the heels of the Cash for Appliances announcement and the ban of incandescent light bulbs, this government site has been topping
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While most segments of the federal government are investing in social media as a means of meeting the president’s Open Government directive, some are being a little more creative than others. The
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Aneesh Chopra, Federal CTO, posted to the White House Blog this morning about evolving the Open Government Dashboard. He mentioned that Vivek Kundra and himself are unveiling what they call “Version 1.0
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Hoping to get news and updates from the White House on your iPhone? Well, as they say, “there’s an App for that.” Last month, the White House launched the App for use
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Federal CIO Vivek Kundra has started new accountability sessions called TechStat meetings, to be held with department officials and will be conducted in order to assess their IT projects. The goal of
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