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Bob Brewin
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Bob Brewin joined Government Executive in April 2007, bringing with him more than 20 years of experience as a journalist focusing on defense issues and technology. Bob covers the world of defense and information technology for Nextgov, and is the author of the “What’s Brewin” blog.
Hagel Opts for Commercial Electronic Health Record Software
8:19 PM ET
FROM NEXTGOV
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel opted to run procurements for commercial electronic health record software, which will “likely” include software based on the system used by the Veterans Affairs Department. The move is considered a blow to VA and a boon to the healthcare information technology industry, multiple sources said. In ...
DISA Cancels $45 Million Award to Store Exabytes of Drone and Satellite Images
3:02 PM ET
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The Defense Information Systems Agency has abruptly canceled a $45 million sole source contract awarded in April to Alliance Technology Group to store of hundreds of billions of satellite and drone imagery files, each packing terabytes of data. DISA said in documents posted Monday that after it announced its decision ...
Jon Stewart on the Delayed Defense-VA Health Record Decision
12:47 PM ET
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Comedian Jon Stewart, like me, can count to 30. Last night on his “Daily Show,” he skewered Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel for not making a decision on the integrated electronic health record system last week as promised. Stewart, in a truly whacky bit, illustrated this point with a Chuck Hagel ...
What About That iEHR Decision?
May 20, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is a real busy guy, and you really don’t want to impose a deadline on him. But, he did tell a hearing of the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee on April 16 that he would make a decision within 30 days on the plan for the integrated ...
Navy Readies Full Production Buy of Shipboard Network Systems
May 20, 2013
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The Navy expects to kick off by the end of May procurement for full production sets of standard network computing equipment for ships and submarines. It anticipates awards to up to three vendors. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command said it expects to release a request for proposals for ...
VA National Cellular Contract Mystery Solved
May 17, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
When the Veterans Affairs Department awarded its $200 million national cellular contract on May 9, two key players -- Sprint and T-Mobile -- were mysteriously missing from a lineup that included AT&T Mobility; Verizon Wireless; and A&T Systems, a small business located in Silver Spring, Md. Adam Nouravarsani, the telecommunications ...
Navy Wants Some Good Anti-Terrorist Computer Games
May 16, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
The Naval Post-Graduate School in Monterey, Calif., wants to acquire a bunch of anti-terrorist games that can run on a variety of gadgets, including computers and iThings to support -- I’m not making this up -- its Combatting Terrorism Fellowship program. Types of games NPS is looking for include: Terrorist ...
Military Commands Will Tap AirWatch to Manage Mobile Devices
May 16, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
To manage and secure Apple iPads used by B-2 nuclear bomber crews, the Air Force Global Strike Command quietly selected the same mobile device management software used by the Veterans Affairs Department. Global Strike Command, which manages the nation’s fleet of nuclear bombers and intercontinental ballistic missiles, will piggyback on ...
VA Takes a Brute Force Approach to the Claims Backlog
May 15, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
The Veterans Department has mandated overtime for its 15,000 employees who process disability claims in order to whittle down the backlog, which has drawn heat from Congress, veterans groups and even comedian Jon Stewart on the “Daily Show.” The mandatory overtime will run through Sept. 30, the end of the ...
Lawsuit Says IRS Illegally Seized 60 Million Health Records
May 15, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
This story was updated at 4:12 p.m. A lawsuit filed in California accuses the Internal Revenue Service of illegal seizure of 60 million electronic health care records belonging to 10 million Americans. The suit filed in the Superior Court of San Diego by Robert Barnes, a Malibu lawyer representing a ...
