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Wanted: Satellite Internet service
Officials at Mississippi's Biloxi Regional Medical Center felt the loss of crucial transaction-processing functions, such as insurance verification, because of downed circuits.
Medicaid records speed response
After spending four days tending patients in the New Orleans Superdome, Louisiana's Dr. Roxanne Townsend saw critical health information literally washing away.
Dodged the storm but not the crisis
Health care facilities that were not in the direct path of hurricanes Katrina and Rita still felt their ferocious impact.
Extreme house calls
In spring 2006, U.S. and Canadian officials will test the advanced technologies needed to deliver remote medical assistance.
Workforce
A new spin on global security
Technology is not the hard part when it comes to fostering international anti-terrorism efforts
IT Modernization
Further down the line
Networx moves into the future, bearing the hallmarks of the past (First of three articles in a Networx special report).
IT Modernization
What are your weaknesses?
Automated assessment tools help agencies steer limited resources to biggest vulnerabilities.
Workforce
Vital checks for better health
How earned value management can keep your IT projects on track
IT Modernization
Technology tools
A handful of software tools are available to help deploy earned value management strategies.
Workforce
OMB keeps risk on the radar
Program managers now face increased pressure from the Bush administration to identify and reduce risks associated with large information technology purchases.
Workforce
The art of gauging risk
Agencies adopt new techniques that keep risk in check and programs on track
Workforce
Tools and techniques for the risk manager
A number of software tools and management frameworks are available to give government risk management initiatives some teeth.
Workforce