Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano told a House committee today about DHS' plans to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in IT systems.
The department plans to start a pilot program for a new enterprise records management system in fiscal 2010.
Health care reform won't be complete without adopting health IT, the national coordinator for health IT says.
The Navy wants comments about technical solutions for the network that will replace the Navy/Marine Corps Intranet.
The construction of 17 permanent towers for the SBInet system at the border of Arizona and Mexico started May 4.
The chairman of the House Appropriations Committee said the group will approve spending more than $2 billion to deal with swine flu.
The administration's request for $1.5 billion to deal with swine flu could fund disease monitoring and tracking.
Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra wants the government to make its data more available and services more accessible.
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra said the Obama administration is exploring ways to improve the government's process for buying IT.
Companies introduce software as a service for communications between fire, police and emergency agencies.
Officials also say managers need different skills to supervise employees who work at remote locations.
Grant-making agencies must cover the costs to strengthen the governmentwide grants portal to accommodate the crush of stimulus funds applications.