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Oversight Committee Passes IT Reform Act, Giving CIOs Budget Authority

Joseph Marks | Nextgov | March 20, 2013

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee unanimously passed legislation on Wednesday that would mark the most significant reform in more than a decade to the way the government purchases information technology. Read More »

Proprietary Software Vendors Demand Changes To Issa’s IT Reform Bill

Joseph Marks | Nextgov | November 30, 2012

Friday’s letter also criticized Issa’s legislation for urging agencies to use open source software, which is often cheaper than proprietary software and sometimes easier to update and maintain. That suggestion “strays from the core principle that statutes should be technology neutral,” the organizations said. Read More »

Public, private sector innovators convene for FedScoop’s first U.S. Innovation Summit

David Stegon | fedscoop | June 21, 2012

FedScoop held its first U.S. Innovation Summit Wednesday at the Newseum, drawing more than 500 attendees from government and industry to provide a platform for thought leaders to collaborate on the best ways to encourage public and private sector innovation. Read More »

The IT Dashboard: Not Exactly Transparent

Joseph Marks | Nextgov | July 29, 2013

Is the Federal IT Dashboard really providing more transparency or just more fog? Read More »

Updated IT Reform Act Would Make CIOs Presidential Appointees

Joseph Marks | Nextgov | March 14, 2013

An updated draft of legislation to fundamentally reform how the government purchases information technology gives agency-level chief information officers more authority but scales back some earlier proposals to centralize purchasing for major IT products and services. Read More »

White House Introduces New Class Of Innovation Fellows

Rebecca Carroll | Nextgov.com | September 15, 2014

The White House has pulled nearly 30 innovative techies from the private sector to spend a year tackling thorny government problems, introducing the third class of Presidential Innovation Fellows...

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Why ONC Seeks New Authorities Over Health Data Blocking

Kyle Murphy, PhD | EHR Intelligence | March 23, 2016

Increases in EHR adoption and the growth of EHR use since the passing of the law creating the EHR Incentive Programs and defining the authorities of the Office of the National Coordinator require Congress to provide the federal agency with new powers related to health data blocking. That's what National Coordinator Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, told members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform during a Subcommittee on Information Technology hearing on Tuesday...