Open Source Summit v3.0: Communities

Nick Skytland | open.NASA | June 18, 2013

Over the past few years, we have been working hard at NASA to modernize the way we approach software development. Open Source is a critical component to our strategy. In 2011, we started a conversation around open source in government [...]. Read More »

Mega-Earthquake Forecasted To Hit British Columbia, Pacific Coast For First Time In 11,000 Years

Rebecka Schumann | International Business Times | June 13, 2013

A historically large earthquake is scheduled to hit the Pacific Coast, according to a new study released this week. Read More »

ONC Holds A Key To The Structural Deficit

Adrian Gropper | The Health Care Blog | April 7, 2013

It’s called Blue Button+ and it works by giving physicians and patients the power to drive change. Read More »

mHealth Group Urges FDA To Publish Final Guidance

Eric Wicklund | mHIMSS | June 21, 2013

Some mHealth advocates are getting impatient with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA released its preliminary guidelines for the regulation of mobile medical apps in late 2011, and since then the mHealth world has been awaiting the government agency's final document. Read More »

Your Current Supply Chain Is Toast, But Its Replacement Will Be Awesome

Paul Brody | ReadWrite | June 24, 2013

3D printing, robotics and open-source hardware will usher in a superior alternative: Software defined supply chains. Read More »

WSO2 Donates Stratos To The Apache Foundation

Abel Avram | InfoQ | June 24, 2013

Apache Stratos has entered incubation with contributors from Cisco, NASA, Citrix and Engine Yard, among others. WSO2 still keeps their open source middleware under their control. Read More »

Mass eHealth Institute To Award $2.35M In HIE Grants

Bernie Monegain | Government Health IT | June 24, 2013

The Massachusetts eHealth Institute at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative will give 32 collaborative projects up to $75,000 each in HIway Implementation Grants to help 80 healthcare organizations across the Commonwealth connect to the HIway, Massachusetts' statewide health information exchange. Read More »

The Wait We Carry: Using Data Visualization To Capture America's Failure To Take Care Of Its Veterans

Rebecca J. Rosen | The Atlantic | June 24, 2013

Some 600,000 veterans have seen their disability-benefit claims founder unanswered for more than 125 days. Read More »

Healthcare.gov Relaunches, Prepares For ACA Open Enrollment

Reid Davenport | FCW | June 24, 2013

The Department of Health and Human Services re-launched its site aimed at providing customized insurance policy information to the public, some three months before the open enrollment period mandated by the Affordable Care Act. Currently, HealthCare.gov contains answers to frequently asked policy questions and a 24-hour call center. Read More »

The Top Secret Rules That Allow NSA To Use US Data Without A Warrant

Glenn Greenwald and James Ball | The Guardian | June 20, 2013

Fisa court submissions show broad scope of procedures governing NSA's surveillance of Americans' communication Read More »