Senate approves disease surveillance bill

Measure would allow State Department to direct funding to help developing nations buy detection equipment.

• Danielle Belopotosky
• January 6, 2006

Medicare drug plan hindered by technology woes

Millions enjoy access to new benefit despite bumps including computer glitches and jammed phone lines.

• Danielle Belopotosky
• January 4, 2006

Panel: Agencies lack control over illegal prescription drug imports

Efforts complicated by volume of imports, Internet pharmacies operating outside the United States.

• Danielle Belopotosky
• December 13, 2005

HHS awards last contracts for digital health records

Announcement comes 18 months after Bush called for nationwide system of interoperable e-health records.

• Danielle Belopotosky
• November 10, 2005

E-government on Britain’s agenda too

British citizens to gain access to services via mobile devices and interactive digital television.

• Danielle Belopotosky
• November 7, 2005

Data security officials ponder response to 'year of breaches'

Number of identities compromised this year is "north of 50 million," Commerce Department official says.

• Danielle Belopotosky
• November 4, 2005

White House urged to make cybersecurity a priority

Better public, private coordination also needed, panelists say.

• Danielle Belopotosky
• October 27, 2005

Agency seeks uniform way to gauge e-health progress

Health and Human Services Department awards contract to measure the adoption of health IT.

• Danielle Belopotosky
• October 13, 2005

Tech firms land hurricane work as oversight is urged

Roughly $18 million of the $240 million in hurricane-related contracts has gone to technology companies.

• Danielle Belopotosky
• September 26, 2005

Telework push fueled by Hurricane Katrina

OPM issues a memo encouraging federal employees to telework and GSA is offering them free use of telework centers.

• Danielle Belopotosky
• September 6, 2005

Google satellite imaging software raises terrorism concerns

Company has reached out to federal officials to address security issues.

• Danielle Belopotosky
• August 24, 2005

HHS formally recognizes e-records unit

Announcement reinforces coordinator's position and establishes four supporting offices.

• Danielle Belopotosky
• August 19, 2005

Telework provider uses ads to woo federal workers

Company hopes ads will spark a pro-telecommuting grassroots movement among government workers.

• Danielle Belopotosky
• August 15, 2005

Health IT spending plans fall short of predicted needs

Proposals on Capitol Hill would only provide enough funding to get effort off the ground.

• Danielle Belopotosky
• August 4, 2005

IRS free filing program troubles commercial vendors

• Danielle Belopotosky
• June 6, 2005

Government to spearhead creation of e-healthcare system

New panel tasked with overseeing creation of digital health records system.

• Danielle Belopotosky
• June 6, 2005

Group launches system to link emergency agencies

National Emergency and Alerting Response System would deploy emergency messaging by using national data standards.

• Danielle Belopotosky
• March 31, 2005

Passenger screening system may not be ready by August

GAO also says privacy protections for the Secure Flight system may not be met.

• Danielle Belopotosky
• March 28, 2005

Panel reviews system for public access to agency records

• Danielle Belopotosky
• March 15, 2005

New book makes case for digital revolution in government

Once the value of technology is fully realized, says author William Eggers, "it will be hard to find out where government starts and stops."

• Danielle Belopotosky
• February 15, 2005