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
Passwords reset after breach of Navy-Marine Corps network
Intrusion did not compromise sensitive information, spokesman says.
Tech
Data security officials ponder response to 'year of breaches'
Number of identities compromised this year is "north of 50 million," Commerce Department official says.
Tech
House votes to centralize Veterans Affairs IT spending
Legislation would place department’s IT in chief information officer’s hands.
Tech
IRS tees up next generation of tech contracts
Twenty-one companies to share in $3 billion, multiple agency IT services agreement.
Tech
High-level team to probe interagency contract vehicles
OMB move aims to address congressional concerns that contracts may offer duplicative services.
Tech
Bush orders creation of information sharing council
Interagency council will help facilitate the flow of intelligence.
Tech
Lawmakers criticize federal officials on emergency response communications
FCC accused of lack of urgency on interoperability issues.
Tech
Indian trust fund management dispute may get legislative fix
House chairman says he’ll join two senators seeking to broker a settlement.
Defense
After Katrina, Justice weighs changes to wireless communications upgrade
Solicitation for Integrated Wireless Network moves forward, but hurricane prompts review of requirements.
Tech
Telework guide for managers urges a focus on results
Supervisors should create performance objectives for employees who work away from the office, new guide says.
Tech
Senate approves quota for small business participation in eTravel
Negotiators left to work out differences with House, which voted to cut the program.
Tech
Agency seeks uniform way to gauge e-health progress
Health and Human Services Department awards contract to measure the adoption of health IT.
Tech
Congress agrees to split off DHS cybersecurity unit
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff had proposed to break out cybersecurity division from department's information analysis and infrastructure protection organization.
Tech
Group uses Web to urge high-tech border fence
Conservative organization calls on Congress to build a state-of-the-art fence along the southern U.S. border to stop illegal immigration into the country.
Defense
Bid to stop funding for Defense Travel System derailed
Senate votes 65-32 to set aside a provision that would have blocked funding for the system.
Tech