The Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to implement an electronic health record system to increase the efficiency of its healthcare services for undocumented immigrants and fugitive aliens detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, Government Health IT reports. The department said it is overhauling its information systems, and the EHR system could [...]

Gen. David H. Petraeus, the commander of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, says the momentum built up by the Taliban has been reversed in the south of the country and Kabul, according to BBC. Petraeus said it was important to destroy the safe havens of Taliban. He also said he would offer President Barack Obama his [...]

It is unlikely the U.S. military will resume combat missions in Iraq after Sept. 1, according to the top U.S. military commander. Army Gen. Ray Odierno appeared on Sunday news talk shows to talk about the U.S. mission in Iraq, as its combat role officially ends there Sept. 1. He said it would take a [...]

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is hosting two one-day Industry Summits in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 29 and 30, 2010. Chief executives from industry will gather with DARPA director, deputy director, office directors and program managers for an open dialogue to explore how the agency and the private sector can structure a relationship to address [...]

Gen. David H. Petraeus will not be ordering his troops out of Afghanistan’s provinces all at once, but will instead slowly and deliberately remove small units in an complex process he calls “thinning out.” “You can reduce your forces. But you thin out,” Petraeus told Wired in a recent interview. “You don’t just hand over. [...]

The Air Reserve Personnel Center in Denver, Colo., is moving toward a paperless environment by converting thousands of paper and microfiche personnel records to an electronic format for Air National Guardsmen and Air Force Reserve airmen. “These records represent reservists’ careers from the moment they are gained to the reserve until death, and even beyond, [...]

In an effort to help chief information officers and executives across the United States implement electronic health records, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives has released a guide that provides a plan on how IT executives can establish a robust foundation for their organization’s IT systems to meet the meaningful use requirements issued by [...]

NASA has awarded $7.7 million in cooperative agreements to 17 colleges and nonprofit groups across the nation to enhance learning through the use of the space agency’s Earth science resources. The winning proposals in the Global Climate Change Education Awards demonstrated innovative approaches to using NASA content in elementary, secondary and undergraduate teaching and lifelong [...]

The Small Business Administration on Monday released a report on its economic recovery efforts and impact, highlighting progress made to date, including supporting more than $29 billion in Recovery loans to small businesses. SBA received $730 million in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to help unlock the small-business lending market and get capital flowing [...]

CIA yesterday announced the creation of a counterproliferation center that will lead the agency’s efforts to detect and prevent the spread of dangerous weapons and technology. Director Leon E. Panetta said the new center will combine operational and analytic specialists dedicated to fight the spread of dangerous weapons and technology, allowing for greater collaboration and [...]