On the Blog @ Homeland Security, DHS unveiled its Open Government Plan in accordance with the White House’s Open Government Initiative. The department says its Open Government Plan doesn’t simply “check a box or fulfill a requirement, but that would chart a clear course forward as we mature the department and work with our stakeholders [...]
Defense Secretary Robert Gates talked budget issues at the Naval Academy during a Forrestal Lecture series last night, April 7, 2010. He stressed the importance of getting special operations funding, which has been one of his priorities since he first took office. “I didn’t know where to go in the Pentagon to find people who [...]
Writing on the FCC’s broadband blog “blogband.gov,” FCC General Counsel Austin Schlick writes that “important facts are being lost in the discussion” of the U.S. Court of Appeals for DC’s unanimous ruling against the FCC’s sanction of Comcast for denying bandwidth to BitTorrent users in 2007 (Comcast Corp. v. FCC). He writes, “The Comcast/BitTorrent case [...]
Comparing it to “a daunting transformation to clinicians” and for the overall healthcare system, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology David Blumenthal yesterday addressed recent concerns from healthcare providers on the nationwide implementation of health IT. “I know many clinicians are unsure how they will develop or strengthen their skill set to incorporate using health [...]
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will travel to Abuja, Nigeria, to meet with her African counterparts and officials from the International Civil Aviation Organization to discuss ways to enhance global aviation security, Homeland Security Press Secretary Clark Stevens announced yesterday. At the invitation of the Nigerian government, Napolitano will travel to the African [...]
“This is vastly different from anything you’ve ever seen before,” said GSA representative today at DISA & GSA’s 3rd Industry Day. The two organizations invited media and industry to attend the Future COMSATCOM Services Acquisition (FCSA) End-to-End Solutions Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Draft RFP Industry Day this morning, April 7, 2010 at the GSA [...]
The School Improvement Grants (SIG) program is funding schools nationwide, and the District of Columbia’s schools will see some of that funding. Other states that recently learned of receiving grant money are Texas, Iowa, and Georgia. Arne Duncan, the U.S. Secretary of Education, said, “When a school continues to perform in the bottom five percent [...]
More than $267 million has been been awarded to 28 additional nonprofit organizations to establish Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers (RECs), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Tuesday. RECs enable healthcare practitioners to reach out to a local resource for technical assistance, guidance and information on best practices. The [...]
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s 57,000 employees have a new Commissioner, Alan Bersin. Bersin was recently appointed by President Obama to oversee the operation of CBP, which has a budget of more than $11 million. The new Commissioner said, “I believe CBP’s strength is based on the diligence, dedication, and patriotism of our people. [...]
The U.S. Census Bureau has begun mailing a second round of forms to American households, 40 million households to be exact. However, the Census Bureau is trying a more cost-effective tactic. This year the Census Bureau is not going to follow up with households that have not returned their forms because this has a $2.7 [...]