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Full medical jacket
By Peter A. Buxbaum
The military’s personal health record projects — which aim for convenience, lower costs and better health outcomes — are shaking up deeply rooted business processes.

PHR adoption: How's it going?
By Peter A. Buxbaum
Provider usage is one way to tell whether the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments’ personal health record systems are successful.

NEWS

Buzz of the week: The art of the retirement speech
With so many government employees approaching retirement, we're beginning to hear many agency executives deliver truly inspiring exit speeches to friends, family and future agency leaders.

COMMENT

STEM the competitiveness gap
By Stan Ahalt
How America can (and must) stay competitive on science education.

Editorial: Looking beyond e-mail
By Christopher J. Dorobek
As innovations in communications continue to emerge, the government needs a fresh approach to the important task of archiving content.

MANAGEMENT

Avoid the transition slowdown
By Mary Mosquera
Empowering employees is critical to sustaining government gains, a Cisco executive says.

TECHNOLOGY

A cloudy forecast for storage?
By Alan Joch
Agencies weigh the cost savings and risks of emerging “cloud” storage services?

PROCUREMENT

Navy wants to be the decider
By Doug Beizer
With its follow-on contract for NMCI, the Navy plans to take the lead on key decisions.

Q&A: Upcoming defense IT challenges
By Doug Beizer
John Hendler, former chief scientist for information systems at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, weighs in on NMCI's upcoming challenges.

POLICY

Clearance reform gets a boost
By Matthew Weigelt
Recent executive order clarifies roles, sets agencies’ responsibilities.

FLIPSIDE

Pointers: Recommended Reading
This week's roundup of blogs includes a plea to the Franking Commission asking it not to inhibit Congress' ability to use new technologies like Twitter to communicate with the public.

Technology:

5 tech tools with lasting appeal
An election year and a stagnant economy aren’t slowing government’s appetite for new tech.

Acquisition:

5 pieces to the GSA pricing puzzle
A panel of procurement experts has five key questions about the role of competition in GSA pricing.

Policy:

5 priorities still worth pursuing
The original elements of the PMA will remain priorities in the future, observers say.

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