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Government Data Goes Public
When the real estate sites Trulia and Zillow both made initial public offerings this summer it was more than just a victory for the two companies, federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel said Tuesday. Read More »
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Government Drops Big Data Bombshell On U.S. Hospital Industry
To be honest, I never thought we’d get much further than Steven Brill’s epic Time cover story – Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us. We had seen some of the data in bits and pieces over the years, and we knew that many Americans were driven to bankruptcy through medical expenses, but Steven gave us fresh insight into the personal devastation behind the sheer cost of care. Read More »
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Government Geoplatform to Launch by October
The Deepwater spill was a major impetus for Geoplatform.gov, a governmentwide GIS portal that will allow federal agencies to share maps in an easily searchable format across government and with the public... Read More »
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Government Has Dropped The Ball On IT Reform, Lawmaker Says
Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., lashed out at government technology leaders on Wednesday for being slow to adopt cost-saving reforms laid out early in the Obama administration and for failing to adequately report their progress. Read More »
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Government Healthcare IT Plans Hinge On Open Data
Health and Human Services CTO sees big future in big health data as the government looks to expand its repository of publicly available, machine-readable data sets. Read More »
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Government Moves Toward Cloud Computing 'Perfect Storm'
As FedRAMP initiative ramps up, cloud service providers can look forward to clearer guidance from federal clients and a robust market as administration tech chiefs press on toward a 'Perfect Storm' in cloud computing.
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Government Open Data Proves A Treasure Trove For Savvy Businesses
Hoping to capitalize on free government information, IT leaders are discovering the value -- and vexation -- of converting terabytes of data into new revenue streams. When President Barack Obama signed the Open Data Executive Order last May, many IT leaders applauded the White House's decision to release treasure troves of public data as part of an important government initiative for greater transparency.
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Government Presses for Blue Button Mobile App
The Obama administration has issued a presidential directive mandating that each federal agency make at least two government services available to the public via mobile applications within a year.
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Government SEO Is Broken
The federal government, under the leadership of President Obama and Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel, has launched a wide-ranging rethinking and consolidation of federal websites, domains, and databases. Read More »
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Government Taps Engineers From Google, Red Hat To Fix Healthcare.gov
The government has tapped engineers at Google, Oracle, and Red Hat, among other companies, to assist in untangling the problems with its online health insurance marketplace. The site, a key part of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform effort, has numerous bugs that have prevented Americans from signing up for health insurance...
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Government's Push to Unleash Health Data 'Transformative'
FierceHealthIT recently caught up with founder and Chief Instigator Mark Scrimshire in Washington, D.C., to ask him about the importance of HealthCamp and to get his thoughts on the state of health IT in the U.S. today. Read More »
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Governments Get Open On GitHub
A new GitHub site aggregates and showcases the open source repositories managed by governments and civic minded hackers Read More »
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Governor O'Malley Joins Open Health IT Company, Amida Technology Solutions, as Advisor
Amida Technology Solutions, a Maryland-based open source software company, today announced the addition of former Governor Martin J. O’Malley as an Advisor. O’Malley joins distinguished public-sector leaders Michèle Flournoy, General John R. Allen, Sonal Shah, and Scott Gould in guiding Amida in the creation of software and services that will help NGOs, state and local governments, and private companies to solve their most complex data issues. Read More »
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Govt Takes Forward Open Standards Plans
The Cabinet Office has launched a consultation on open standards for government IT. Read More »
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GPSoC Vendors Taking Steps In The Right Direction….
EHI are reporting that Microtest and TPP have signed up to the MIG/Healthcare Gateway project, joining EMIS, INPS and Adastra in enabling the sharing of data between healthcare professionals. Good to see that all five vendors can play nicely together to improve data exchanges in the healthcare information economy. Read More »
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