C-level executives for national healthcare organizations are invited to be panelists at the upcoming CIO Healthcare Summit, held Dec. 12-15 in Scottsdale, Ariz. The aim of the summit is to gather 50 CIOs and senior-level technology executives to form relationships and share ideas for the biggest challenges facing the health IT industry today. Topics for [...]

The military is investing in the phenomena of bioluminescence – the glow that lights up fireflies and plankton – in hopes of making warzones safer. The Air Force Office of Scientific Research awards about $500,000 worth of grants annually; the Office of Naval Research and the National Science Foundation also give grants for bioluminescence studies. [...]

The U.S. Air Force is preparing its vision for how its technology will change over the next 20 years, according to Chief Scientist Dr. Werner J.A. Dahm. Dahm outlined the Technology Horizons project, which aims to determine which strategic, technological and budgetary concerns will shape Air Force innovations during the next 20 years. The project [...]

In a pro-bono agreement, the Northern Virginia Technology Council will assess the processes and technology capabilities at Arlington National Cemetery. The 16-member council, including Booz Allen Hamilton, CSC, HP, MITRE and SAIC, will provide the cemetery with written recommendations after its 60-day study. The findings will be presented to Arlington National Cemetery Executive Director Kathryn [...]

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and Secretary of Education Gerard Robinson recently toured the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School in Midland, Pa., in hopes of implementing a similar program of charter schools and cyber charter schools in their state. According to Pennsylvania cyber teacher Christine Crow, there are many benefits of a cyber classroom – students can [...]

BAE Systems has hired two banks to explore its options in selling its platform solutions business, the company confirmed this week. J.P. Morgan and Wells Fargo & Co. will help BAE evaluate its  platform solutions division, comprising bus and truck hybrid propulsion systems and flight controls. “They may be assembling a war chest for acquisitions [...]

Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the former International Security Assistance Force commander in Afghanistan, will teach a class on leadership at Yale University this fall. McCrystal recently resigned after Rolling Stones magazine published  an interview in which he criticized White House policies. Ruling out working with a government contractor for now, he has decided to teach [...]

Terrorists are adapting to a new environment, said Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano in a speech to first responders in New York on the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Accordingly, the United States needs a comprehensive and ever-evolving approach to preventing terrorism, the secretary said. “That requires strengthening partnerships, and focusing on [...]

A partnership between CSC and Google has brought cloud computing to more than 15,000 Los Angeles City workers, the companies announced last week. In addition to setting up the Google Apps suite for collaboration, video and email, CSC will work on security, training and systems integration. “Thanks to the CSC-led project team and the new [...]

The U.S. government will launch a new Video.gov platform, said White House Deputy Chief Technology Officer Andrew McLaughlin at a Gov 2.0 Summit last week. So far, there are millions of public-domain videos in government archives, but many are not digitized or posted for public viewing. Nonprofits, such as Public.Resource.Org, have so far taken up [...]