The President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board will hold its next public meeting Aug. 27, 2010 via conference call beginning at 2 p.m. Eastern Time to continue discussion of issues impacting the strength and competitiveness of the nation’s economy. The discussion–open to the public via live audio stream at White House Live–will include an update on [...]
Although China has made some progress in military transparency, its effort are inadequate, and the nation’s decision to suspend military-to-military contacts with the United States is acting against the interests of both countries, according to an annual report submitted to Congress. Released yesterday, the “Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China” report [...]
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius yesterday announced grant awards of $46 million to 45 states and the District of Columbia that will help improve the oversight of proposed health-insurance premium hikes, take action against insurers seeking unreasonable rate increases, and ensure consumers receive value for their premium dollars. Insurance companies in [...]
Have an innovative idea or technology for the Office of Naval Research? Then you could win up to $100,000 for further development. This year, ONR will collect and review white papers for the Chief of Naval Research Challenge at the 2010 Naval Science & Technology Partnership Conference funding of up to $100K. To qualify, interested [...]
Public and private sectors have to join forces and work together on facilitating the adoption of health IT, making it a “team effort,” said Dr. David Blumenthal, national coordinator for health IT. “The whole point is to increase communication and coordination among the different players in the healthcare system,” Blumenthal wrote on Health IT Buzz. [...]
Federal Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra and Cass R. Sunstein, administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, last week announced the recipients of The Leading Practices Awards, recognizing agencies that achieved above and beyond the requirements of the Open Government Directive in promoting transparency in the best and most innovative way. Awards were [...]
To reform the nation’s capital, improve performance and cut costs, the White House in January hosted a forum where 50 CEOs across various sectors and different-sized businesses shared their insight on how to take the best practices of the private sector on increasing efficiency and effectiveness and apply them to the federal government. Now, the [...]
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy last week announced the federal research agency responsible for maintaining the technological superiority of the U.S. military has released a set of Privacy Principle to address the issue of balancing access to information with the need to respect personal privacy. Expanding on those principles, the Defense [...]
FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III last week announced the appointment of Thomas J. Harrington as the bureau’s associate deputy director. Harrington, who will be replacing Timothy P. Murphy, most recently served as the executive assistant director of the criminal, cyber, response and services branch. He has led the largest operational entity within the FBI [...]
As part of its continuing efforts to make its findings and recommendations available to a wider audience, the Government Accountability Office has launched a mobile version of its website, making it easier for users to access GAO reports on their smartphones and other small-screen mobile devices. “People are increasingly using mobile devices to access the [...]