News
From Nextgov.com: Defense investigators raid health imaging contractor's offices
Search could be related to a lawsuit filed by a former employee alleging misrepresentation of discounts to commercial customers.
News
From Nextgov.com: Breach notification rule would affect more health vendors
Microsoft and Google's health records programs, iPhone applications and monitoring devices connected to the Internet would be subject to notification guidelines.
News
From Nextgov.com: Veterans Affairs begins evaluating bids for $150 million imaging contract
Winning contractor will have a labor-intensive job scanning and digitally storing about 25 million pages of files.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Obama backs joint VA-Defense electronic health records
Two departments have been working on and off for decades on common standards .
News
From Nextgov.com: Congress funds Defense acquisition reforms in fiscal 2010 budget
Bills include large increases for acquisition workforce and call for paring back outsourcing program management work to contractors.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: Eight years in the making, VA patient scheduling system founders
Congressman calls hearing to look into failures with $167 million IT project.
Defense
In New Mexico desert, marchers honor Bataan survivors
Veterans of the World War II death march turn out to greet participants.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Officials criticize Defense's 'unreliable' health record system
The services' surgeon generals tell the Hill that the medical network frequently crashes and is causing a 'near mutiny' among doctors.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Defense urged to develop a weapon to disable foreign satellites
But advice comes with warnings about costs, creating destructive space debris and unleashing a new arms race.
News
From Nextgov.com: Obama proposes terminating the Loran system that backs up GPS
Telecom industry, federal agencies and specialists say growing risks to the Global Positioning System increase the need for it.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: IT receives slight budget increases, some cuts in omnibus bill
Senate would boost funding for food and air safety, but cut Justice's spending on financial management system and security analysis center.
Tech
From Nextgov.com: Defense urged to develop warfighting systems quicker to keep up in cyberspace
Lengthy software development cycle fails to account for rapidly changing requirements , official says.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Digital files on presidential helicopter found in Iran
Documents outlining an upgrade to Marine One inadvertently leaked through a peer-to-peer, music-sharing network.
Oversight
From Nexgov.com: Daschle received speaking fees from groups opposing patient privacy
HHS secretary nominee is tied to groups opposing privacy protections in economic stimulus bill.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Defense Web portal not funded in fiscal 2010 budget
Joint group working on plan to fund Defense Knowledge Online , which provides e-mail, file storage and other services.
Tech
From Nextgov.com: Defense, VA plan to have interoperable health records by September
The two departments will exchange doctors’ clinical notes in a test environment this June.
Tech
From Nextgov.com: Reps rip VA over glitch in medical record system
Department IT chiefs say despite error, mistakes at health care facilities are down 86 percent .
Tech
From Nextgov.com: Congress gives electronic health records big boost
House stimulus package includes $20 billion for medical records , while health professionals tout benefits and savings at Senate hearing.
Defense
Report says medical equipment is vulnerable to terrorists
Some machines used in disease prevention contain radioactive material that also goes into creating dirty bombs.
Oversight