Oversight
From Nextgov.com: OPM kills plan to stop using SSNs as government employee identifiers
Agency and insurers said the proposal would have required them to create alternative federal IDs for a large number of internal and external databases.
News
From Nextgov.com: White House bars agencies from posting some statistics
Privacy and other concerns prompt administration officials to pull several submissions to the transparency Web site Data.gov.
News
From Nextgov.com: One year in, resistance to open government memo lingers
White House has accomplished unparalleled disclosure online despite implementation challenges , former and current feds say.
News
From Nextgov.com: FDA nationwide electronic network will track safety of drugs and medical devices
But the system’s efficacy could be limited without access to more personal patient data , officials say.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: Hundreds of vets participate in test of sharing electronic health records
The Veterans Affairs Department and Kaiser Permanente will exchange electronic patient files to test if they can improve care and lower costs by reducing redundant lab procedures.
Oversight
From Nextgov: Education, IRS try to make filing student aid form less daunting
The Education Department plans to allow certain students applying for aid to instantly transfer their tax data from an IRS database to the Web version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
News
From Nextgov.com: VA employee presents cost-cutting idea to Obama despite snow
Colorado-based winner of the SAVE contest travels to Washington to discuss her proposal with the president.
News
From Nextgov.com: Delays in Networx transition put cloud computing decisions on hold
Officials are considering cloud services, but don’t want to commit to them until they are further along in their move to the new telecommunications pact, vendor says.
News
From Nextgov.com: House backs e-standards for financial reports
Measures are designed to make it easier for people to search data from firms that receive federal funds.
News
From Nextgov.com: Open government could present a challenge to intelligence agencies
Transparency advocates say recently released directive changes the circumstances driving the decisions to keep some information from being posted online.
News
From Nextgov.com: State and Mexican billionaire team on texting to fight drug violence
Department forges a partnership with Carlos Slim to let civilians discreetly text incidents of drug-related violence.
Oversight
Open government directive sets tight deadlines
Agencies must deliver on several initiatives in key Obama administration effort.
News
From Nextgov.com: Questions raised about access to public comments that White House gathers
Much of the citizen input the transition team collected in online sessions to help form policy is no longer available, and critics fear the practice could be applied to other sites.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: VA nixes troubled tech projects
The department ends or slashes funding for 15 IT projects as part of new accountability program.
News And Analysis
Casting a Wider Net
Making Internet freedom a condition of diplomatic relations proves difficult.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Could mobile technology have stopped the state dinner security breach?
Some IT specialists say better communications among security forces could foil attempts to sneak into White House events, but others say nothing will fix human error.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: Better reporting technology an unexpected byproduct of stimulus
Forced to invent ways to quickly track how they spend recovery funds, states might have stumbled on the future of information sharing among governments and contractors.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: Medicare agency to post payment data on public Web site
Online tracker aimed at exposing wasteful spending , but sparks privacy concerns.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: Senators voice concern about SSA's ability to keep up with more retirees
Social Security inspector general reports the agency's systems will no longer be able to manage the rising workload by 2012, three years before a new data center is completed.
News
From Nextgov.com: FDA mulls regulating online claims, discussions about pharmaceuticals
Drug manufacturers and health care professionals attend a two-day hearing to discuss responsibility for reducing misinformation on the Internet.
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