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White House To Host Open Data Day Hackathon
Do you know your way around an application programming interface? Do open data and data visualization make you feel warm and fuzzy inside? Want to work on the code that allowed the public to petition for the administration to build a Death Star or let Texas secede from the country? Read More »
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White House Touts Nearly $1.4 Billion In IT Savings
Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., expressed skepticism about the reported savings and asked for more documentation. Mica chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's panel on Government Operations. VanRoekel responded that the figures were based on rigorous investment reviews. Read More »
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White House: It's Time To Legalize Cell Phone Unlocking
In what is sure to draw the attention (and disdain) of mobile providers nationwide, the Obama Administration is arguing that it's time to legalize cell phone unlocking. Read More »
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WHO Admits Fudging Ebola Response, Blames ‘Incompetent Staff’, Swine Flu Experience
The World Health Organization (WHO) has admitted that its initial response to the Ebola outbreak was slow and disorganized, blaming a lack of information sharing, incompetent staff and the negative experience in the Swine Flu pandemic of 2009...
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Who Are The Long-Term Unemployed?
It's been over four years since the recovery officially began, but there are still over four million people who are long-term unemployed. That's four million people who can't find work even after looking for six months or more -- four million people who can't even get companies to look at their resumes anymore. Read More »
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Who Broke America’s Jobs Machine?
If any single number captures the state of the American economy over the last decade, it is zero. That was the net gain in jobs between 1999 and 2009—nada, nil, zip. By painful contrast, from the 1940s through the 1990s, recessions came and went, but no decade ended without at least a 20 percent increase in the number of jobs. Read More »
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WHO Expert Group Recommends binding Agreement on Health Technology Needs of Developing Countries
A World Health Organisation (WHO) experts' group has recommended a new binding agreement for financing and coordination mechanisms to meet the health technology needs of developing countries. Read More »
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Who helps your Linux distribution run smoothly? Thank a packager today
The people behind the scenes who work tirelessly to make your Linux distribution run smoothly are the packagers. The vast majority of Linux packagers are volunteers who dedicate their evenings and weekends to create and maintain the gears of the Linux distributions they love. Read More »
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Who Needs Money Anyway? Towards Resilience, Sustainability, And A Healthier Means Of Exchange
We pay too little attention to the reserve power of the people to take care of themselves. We are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the government has superior capacity for action. Often times both of these conclusions are wrong... Read More »
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Who Needs Wikis When You Have Github?
A new taco recipe library highlights something interesting about the nature of spontaneous collaboration on the web. This weekend, on a blustery evening, his tummy full of steak and apple tacos, journalist and technologist Dan Sinker embarked on a spiritual journey... Read More »
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Who Owns Patient Data?
The notion of ownership is inadequate for health information. For instance, no one has an absolute right to destroy health information. But we all understand what it means to own an automobile: You can drive the car you own into a tree or into the ocean if you want to. No one has the legal right to do things like that to a "master copy" of health information.
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Who Says Chief Information Officers Can't Lose By Choosing Epic?
As the saying goes in health IT circles: You can’t lose your job by picking Epic Systems. With its reputation for consistently high marks, and a prestigious roster of clients, hospital chief information officers view it as a safe bet. Read More »
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WHO Sounds Alarm On Widespread 'Superbug' Infections
Disease-causing bacteria that resist antibiotic treatment are now widespread in every part of the world and have reached "alarming levels" in many areas, says the first global report on the issue from the World Health Organization. Read More »
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Who Wants a Cell Plan with Unlimited Texting? VA Does.
The Veterans Affairs Department would like to end up with only one cellphone bill. VA earlier this month kicked off the process for a national contract that covers voice and data airtime, as well as hardware such as smartphones and tablet computers... Read More »
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WHO Warns Against 'Post-Antibiotic' Era
The 'post-antibiotic' era is near, according to a report released today by the World Health Organization (WHO). The decreasing effectiveness of antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents is a global problem, and a surveillance system should be established to monitor it, the group says. Read More »
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