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Red Hat's Gunnar Hellekson On Open Government
INTERVIEW Red Hat's Gunnar Hellekson on open government
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Reflecting On Our IT Progress
In a time of EHR naysayers, mean-spirited election year politics, and press misinterpretation (ONC and CMS do not intend to relax patient engagement provisions), it's important that we all send a unified message about our progress on the national priorities we've developed by consensus. Read More »
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Reliance on Chinese Tech Firms Leaves US Infrastructure Vulnerable
A new federally-sponsored report warned that a risk of catastrophic failure of critical infrastructure existed in the U.S. because of the government's heavy reliance on Chinese technology firms. Read More »
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Researcher Argues For Open Hardware To Defend Against NSA Spying
While there is no foolproof defense against government spying, snooping by entities like the National Security Agency could be made far more difficult through the use of Internet infrastructure built on open-source hardware, an academic researcher says. Read More »
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Researcher Sounds Alarm On State Health Exchange Security
Several state healthcare exchanges established as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) appear buggy and easy to attack, a security researcher warned this week. Read More »
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Researchers Find A Way To Hack Spanish Language HealthCare.gov
Until fixed on Wednesday afternoon, a security flaw in CuidadoDeSalud.gov -- the Spanish language version of HealthCare.gov -- could have allowed hackers to steal personal information from enrollees as they typed, according to three independent software developers. The Health and Human Services Department repaired the software error after Nextgov inquired about the defect early Wednesday. Read More »
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Researchers: Ensure Management Transparency When Moving To A Cloud-Based EHR
Healthcare providers that plan to use cloud-based services to host their electronic health records should first audit such providers via an external company to help build a relationship of trust, according to a new study published this week in the Journal of Medical Internet Research. [...] Read More »
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RTX Joins Continua Health Alliance To Boost Healthcare Communications
RTX, a leading provider of wireless communications solutions, today announces that it has become a member of the Continua Health Alliance, a global consortium establishing an ecosystem of interoperable personal connected health systems. Read More »
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Russia To Spend Billions On Asteroid Defense
Moscow believes an operable national defense against threats from outer space can be built within 10 years’ time. The 500-kiloton explosion of a space bolide above the Urals region has sped-up allocation of some $2 billion to prevent future threats. Read More »
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Secret Service Explores A Unified System To Manage Smartphones, Tablets
The Secret Service is considering adopting a mobile device management system and apps store to better handle employee smartphones and tablets running a variety of operating systems, including BlackBerry, Android, iOS and Windows 8, according to a request for information agency officials posted Thursday. Read More »
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Security Hole In Healthcare.gov Exposed User Email Addresses
Healthcare.gov has been racked with technical problems since the site's launch, but a new vulnerability may have unintentionally exposed users... Read More »
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Senators Launch Probe Of Massive Data Breaches
Several senators repeated calls for legislation to ward off massive data thefts during a hearing Monday to review the vulnerability of the nation's digital-payment systems, the first in a trio of sessions this week examining the enormous breaches sustained recently at retailers around the country. Read More »
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Seven Ways 3D Lidar Is Transforming Our Physical World
Picture a technology that creates perfect 3D replicas used for archeological discovery, crime-scene investigation and virtual-reality entertainment—and I'm not talking about the Enterprise Holodeck. Far from science fiction, it already exists and it's called lidar. [...]
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Shutdown Of DHS Chemical-Security Program Prompts Strong Words
The Homeland Security Department's chemical-security program ceased most operations this week as a result of the federal shutdown, prompting concerns about how the government will improve security in the wake of this year's fatal explosion in Texas. Read More »
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Signs Of Innovation At RFP-EZ
Radically reforming how government operates is a tall order. Plenty of projects have worn the mantle of innovation but fallen into the same old bureaucratic traps. Read More »
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