A panel of healthcare, technology, government and academic experts will meet for two days in Washington, D.C., to begin looking at ways government can ensure the safety and reliability of wireless broadband-enabled medical devices while increasing their availability to consumers and healthcare providers, the Federal Communications Commission announced yesterday. The two-day meeting will be held [...]
Cyber criminals hiding behind false identities have begun preying on patriotic Internet users to gain money or information. Department of Defense officials have reported a rise in cyber criminals posing as military members to take advantage of patriotic women seeking love online. The criminals oftentimes say they’re deployed, and claim to need money for everything [...]
Maryland could become a national leader for health IT by 2012, if Gov. Martin O’Malley gets his way. The Maryland governor Tuesday announced his goal to position the state as an authority for health IT innovation at a roundtable forum with Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, medical system presidents, hospital chief executive officers, and state officials. [...]
As opposed to recent years, Boeing’s C-17 cargo planes may not find a place in the FY11 Defense Spending Bill. Defense officials have urged legislators to veto any motions to keep the program alive and that any additional C-17 planes would prove as wasteful and would oppose the Department of Defense’s effort to trim down [...]
TechAmerica on Tuesday held a town hall meeting for a discussion between private and public sector about the administration’s plan to review and overhaul many federal technology programs. Addressing technology executives, federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra stressed how the review’s aim is to increase returns on IT projects rather than to cut spending. The [...]
The unemployment benefits extension bill passed through the Senate on Wednesday night after weeks of legislative debate. The bill passed with a vote of 59-39 and will restore unemployment insurance benefits to 2.5 million people who lost their benefits during a fight over whether to add the $34 billion cost to the federal deficit. It [...]
President Barack Obama will today sign the Improper Payment Elimination Act, which will require federal agencies to redouble their efforts to identify and recover billions of dollars lost every year to wasteful spending. According to the White House, improper payments — including checks issued to the wrong recipients, or recipients who use the funds in [...]
CIA Director Leon Panetta announced today John D. Bennett will be the next head of the agency’s National Clandestine Service, succeeding Michael J. Sulick who is retiring. Bennett is being brought back into the agency after the CIA veteran had announced his retirement last May. During his nearly 30-year career with the agency, Bennett most [...]
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived in Indonesia today to meet with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to further strengthen defense ties between the United States and Indonesia. Gates told Yudhoyono the United States’ first order of business was to establish a process of re-engagement with Kopassus, the special forces branch of Indonesia’s army. He [...]
U.S. Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry and agency and Congressional leaders will be participating in the “Feds Feed Families” food drive this afternoon at the Frederick Douglass Community Center in Anacostia, Washington, D.C. The federal leaders will be promoting nutrition, literacy and fitness with the young people at the center in hopes of [...]