Tech
OMB aims to link all agencies to e-rule site by 2007
At least 500 regulations currently open for comment on site.
Tech
Justice attempts to avert a BlackBerry shutdown
Department pushing to ensure that government users will be exempt from any court-ordered disruption in service.
Tech
EPA teams up on New Orleans e-recycling day
Consumers can drop off electronic equipment destroyed by Hurricane Katrina for proper disposal.
Tech
Use of telework in Katrina aftermath limited
Some federal offices affected by the hurricane found the alternate work arrangement impractical.
Tech
Report: HHS fails to oversee technology investments
Department lacks comprehensive plan defining and prioritizing desired improvements, GAO says.
Defense
Opposition to Army sexual assault database grows
Proposed system for tracking incidents has yet to be launched.
Tech
End to Indian trust fund dispute could be closer
Appeals court decision and proposed legislative fix could lead to faster settlement.
Tech
GSA revamps Web site
Redesign brings clarity to site that has ranked relatively low on customer satisfaction surveys.
Defense
Pentagon launches electronic health record system
System will be fully deployed by December 2006.
Tech
Electronic travel service survives House-Senate negotiations
Language requires 23 percent of eTravel subcontracts to go to small businesses.
Tech
Lawmaker urges Bush to promote telework
The work arrangement deserves mention in the State of the Union address, says Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va.
Tech
Federal officials expect security compliance within a year
Officials reported the most progress in personal security, followed by identification and authentication.
Tech
Agencies lose ground on e-gov section of management score card
Six agencies see scores drop, primarily because of failure to reach key milestones.
Tech
Survey: Telework could save employees thousands
Employees who telecommute three times a week could save an average of more than $4,300 a year.
Tech
Federal robot research offers consumer benefits
Government development of mobile robots may lead to a host of products previously only envisioned as science fiction.
Tech
Data needed to support Medicare pay-for-performance drive
Push to reimburse physicians based on quality of treatment requires fresh approach to measuring performance.
Tech
HHS awards last contracts for digital health records
Announcement comes 18 months after Bush called for nationwide system of interoperable e-health records.
Tech
House advances spending bill with telework requirements
Language would require five agencies to increase numbers of teleworkers or face funding cuts.
Tech
Challenge of contract to upgrade federal jobs site rejected
GAO rules that OPM’s choice of a firm to enhance USAJOBS was reasonable, despite higher cost of its proposal.
Defense