Oversight
From Nextgov.com: HHS head calls for voluntary e-health privacy guidelines
Leavitt says government mandates for guarding private medical information in personal electronic records could stymie the adoption of e-health record systems nationwide.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Defense launches personal health record application test
Soldiers and their families use Google and Microsoft health-records software to manage their medical files online.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: Requirements identical for Defense, VA health record system
Report’s findings on similarities doesn’t solve debate over how to develop joint electronic health records network.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: FDA to deploy system to screen imported foods
PREDICT to meld data from various sources to flag foreign foodstuffs for further tests.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: NASA bans some removable storage devices
Prohibition is not as sweeping as the one instituted by the Defense Department earlier this month.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Defense bans use of removable storage devices
Ban could be the result of a virus from the nonclassified network moving to the Pentagon's classified system via a thumb drive.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Defense finds wikis a boon during crises
Joint Chiefs used the collaborative tool during the Russia-Georgian conflict to quickly coordinate the U.S. response.
News
From Nextgov.com: Adoption of e-health records depends on consolidation of systems
Too many networks place too much of a burden on private clinicians, who provide the bulk of the care under national and military health programs.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: NSA's smart phone could become government issue
Award-winning device looks like commercial PDAs, but provides access to classified and unclassified networks, and operates on worldwide mobile networks.
Defense
Report warns of ‘future military failure’
Defense Science Board advises incoming administration to focus on weapons of mass destruction and quicker acquisition times.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: VA hires Navy to build claims processing system
Lack of in-house expertise and pressure from veterans group and union leads department to forgo hiring a contractor .
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Army is lax in overseeing issuance of contractor ID cards, IG finds
Contractor failed to conduct adequate background checks before giving employees access to sensitive computer systems and military facilities.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Lockheed hires former DISA director
Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Charles Croom will work in the company’s information systems and global services practice.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Air Force to place cyber operations under Space Command
The service’s neglect of its nuclear mission led to the demise of a grand plan for a Cyber Command.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Air Force pursues Cyber Command again
Decision comes despite a Pentagon directive to give cyber responsibilities to STRATCOM.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: DuPont, German company win lightweight battery contest
Defense held yearlong competition to reduce by as much as 75 percent the weight of batteries needed to power high-tech devices in battle.
Oversight
Defense comptroller leaves for industry job
Tina Jonas heads to Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. after four-year tenure as the Pentagon’s chief financial executive.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: ODNI: Trade-off information security for good intel
Director of National Intelligence issues security directive that could change how agencies build, validate and approve IT systems.
Management
Keeping Track
Radio frequency technology takes off in the federal world of supply and demand.
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