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Commentary: Time To Seize The Moment And Unlock The ‘Treasure Trove’ Of Federal Data
Occasionally, we publish blog posts, speech transcripts and other commentaries of interest to the Washington Business community. Here is an excerpt from a recent keynote address by Steven VanRoekel, the U.S. government’s chief information officer, to the Bethesda chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association. Read More »
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Commentary: Time To Seize The Moment And Unlock The ‘Treasure Trove’ Of Federal Data
Occasionally, we publish blog posts, speech transcripts and other commentaries of interest to the Washington Business community. Here is an excerpt from a recent keynote address by Steven VanRoekel, the U.S. government’s chief information officer, to the Bethesda chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association. Read More »
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Defense Failed To Adequately Manage Terabytes Of Iraq War Data
Records for U.S. forces in Iraq as of 2010 amounted to 20 to 50 terabytes of data -- as much as five times all the books cataloged by the Library of Congress -- with the information stored in an unmanaged, unstructured format with no metadata, according to an internal Pentagon report that the Defense Department Freedom of Information Act Office released Dec. 4. Read More »
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Designing Ushahidi: Events and Personas
This is the first in a series of blog posts about upcoming Ushahidi software development changes. Today, we’ll focus on the overall design, continue to explore the user base and features requested by the various groups from election monitoring to crisis/emergency response to civil society. We’re looking for more input in person and virtually as we continue down this road. Read More »
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Digital Political Candidates Driven by Technology
What technology has done...is allowed candidates at every level to connect via personalized message with vast numbers of voters, creating platforms for two-way conversations and feedback. The future of campaigning will only grow more targeted and personal, merging the physical and the virtual. Read More »
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DIY Healthcare: Going Beyond WebMD
Despite all the hoopla about the Affordable Care Act, and what it will mean for the U.S., the fundamental experience of going to the doctor hasn’t changed and while innovation and experimentation are inherent to the field of medicine, they aren’t as common in how healthcare is delivered. Read More »
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Doctors vs Data
[...] Doctors have been in charge of healthcare for a long time, and have become comfortable, sometimes even arrogant, with their authority and power. But dumb data beats smart doctors every time. Forward thinking doctors are embracing data, with surprising grace and humility. Others are having much more trouble adjusting. Read More »
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DoD Sources iEHR Information from the Broader Health IT Market
The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments are investigating what capabilities should be included in the forthcoming integrated electronic health record, or iEHR, by asking about the qualifications of EHRs currently on the market. The iEHR Joint Program Office posted July 18 a request for information on FedBizOpps. Read More »
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DOD, VA Ask Vendors to Describe Existing Apps for iEHR
The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments want vendors to tell them about services and products they can offer to meet the current and future technical needs for the integrated electronic health record (iEHR) as it prepares to roll out its initial version. Read More »
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EFF Sues FBI, Wants Access To Records Of The FBI’s Facial Recognition Program
Companies like Facebook have been scrutinized by government regulators over the use of facial recognition technology. Now the Electronic Frontier Foundation is putting a mirror up to the government to demand the same scrutiny back. Read More »
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Effective Health IT Is The Heart And Backbone Of A Dominant ACO
Frank X. Speidel, MD, Chief Medical Officer for Healthcare IT Leaders outlines why effective Health IT is critical in a successful ACO environment. Read More »
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EHR Replacement Gone Wrong: Who Owns Patient Data?
What do you do when an EHR contract ends, but the vendor won’t let you access your patients’ data until after a lengthy court battle over a missing bill? Does a vendor have the right to withhold records for any reason, even if the information is stored in a proprietary format? Read More »
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Encouraging UK Foundations To Publish What They Fund
Last week, on 20th June 2013, The Indigo Trust hosted a working lunch which brought together data experts and civil society representatives to explore the how we could encourage UK Foundations to publish their data in an open format in order to make grant giving more effective. Read More »
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EU Agency Lifts Lid on Drug Data Secrets
Europe's medicines regulator, criticised in the past for excessive secrecy, is opening its data vaults to systematic scrutiny in a move that will let independent researchers trawl through millions of pages of clinical trial information. Read More »
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Facebook Adapts Open Compute For Colo Space
We’ve been closely tracking the progress of the Open Compute Project, wondering if these uber-efficient open source hardware designs would ever be available at your local colocation center. Facebook has now shared details of its first use of Open Compute hardware in its third-party colo space. Read More »
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