Dr. David Blumenthal, the HHS National Coordinator for Health IT, and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Wednesday, Dec. 2 the plans to have $235 million available for the Beacon Community Program.  This program’s goals are to be an example of the ability of health IT to transform local healthcare systems. Ultimately, the program aims to [...]

The U.S. Veterans Affairs Department is in the midst of planning an IT services contract that will compose of a variety of IT products and services for the department itself, as well as other agencies.  The name of the multiple-award contract is “Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology” – also know as “T4.” The contract is intended [...]

You may be surprised to see the word “green” and “supercomputers” being used together, but the National Security Agency recently received computers that lead the industry in both energy efficiency and processing power. In fact, these computers have made both the Green500 List as well as the Top500 List, which is the list the ranks [...]

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has created a draft of a cyber response plan in case there is a cybersecurity attack. The response plan has been created through collaboration between several agencies and it entails how different businesses and agencies need to react in the event of a cyberattack. For example, what would be [...]

Charles Wisecarver is the Principal Deputy CIO for Operations and CTO for the U.S. Department of State. He began these roles in June of 2005. He is a member of the Senior Foreign Service and holds the rank of Minister Counselor. Prior to his current role, Wisecarver was Director of the State Messaging and Archive [...]

Patillo is the Deputy CIO of the U.S. Department of Transportation. She has been in this role since October of 2005.  Prior to this role, Patillo served as the CIO at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Patillo’s entire career has been in public service. Before working at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Patillo [...]

Wiesner is the Acting CIO and Deputy CIO of the U.S. Department of Labor. He has held this position since August of 2003. During his time at the Department of Labor he has received numerous awards for his leadership and achievements. He has worked in the Executive Branch for over 32 years focusing on information [...]

ExecutiveBiz had the chance to sit down with Casey Coleman, CIO of the U.S. General Services Administration. They spoke to her about various topics such as apps.gov, social media, cloud computing, and what most people don’t know about her. To read the interview or watch the video interviews that accompany it, check out executivebiz.com.

The Department of Health and Human Services made known last week that there is $80 million in new health IT training grants. These new grants are aimed at strengthening the country’s health IT labor force. The grants are broken down into two different categories: community college training programs ($70 million) and educational materials ($10 million). [...]