Looking back at 2011, besides government gridlock, government-wide budget cuts have been a recurring theme. From the Pentagon to NASA, government agencies and entities have felt the constraints and have had to
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Some agency budgets were dealt cuts while others received increases in the fiscal year 2012 spending deal struck last week. In the mix of ups and downs, contractors came away with more certainty.
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An agency that deals mainly in crunching numbers takes the top spot for having clear and easy-to-understand written content, according to a recent survey. VisibleThread, a firm specializing in developing document analysis
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A new multi-disciplinary team will aim to quickly respond to human and animal foodborne illness outbreaks, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. The FDA Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation Network will
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The General Services Administration is about to debut FedRAMP, a cybersecurity standard meant for government agencies to help provide risk assessments and cybersecurity evaluations. FedRAMP would also provide agencies with low-to-moderate impact
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have taken the lead in implementing health IT practices, as part of efforts to more fully incorporate Gov 2.0 principles at the nation’s flagship public-health
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In successfully uncovering the source of a recent salmonella outbreak, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) used a new tool — the shopper cards that millions of Americans
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Janice Nall is director of the division of e-health marketing at the National Center for Health Marketing, where she leads the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s communication technology efforts. She is
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David Ausefski is the associate director of shared services at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Information Technology Services Office. He was involved in enforcing the Federal Desktop Core Configuration, which
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