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Cybersecurity
CIA commits to the cloud
The CIA cloud project provided a reference model for other agencies looking for ways to bring their operational data into the cloud.
Cybersecurity
The creation of DHS
Creating DHS involved reorganizing agencies based on their technology resources and workforce expertise into a super-agency capable of mounting operations against terrorism.
Modernization
The opening up of GPS
In May 2000, President Bill Clinton authorized the removal of a security feature from the Global Positioning System -- a decision that opened the doors to accurate geospatial data for thousands of government and consumer applications.
Digital Government
Clinger-Cohen and the end of the Brooks Act
The 1996 repeal of the Brooks Act ended the General Services Administration's monopoly on IT purchases.
Cybersecurity
Hackers storm DOD networks
In a 1996 information-sharing effort, then-CIA director John Deutch proposed working with DOD to create an Information Warfare Technology Center staffed with 1,000 people and located at the National Security Agency at Fort Meade, Md.
Digital Government
IRS promises nationwide electronic filing
The IRS' e-file pilot program in 1986 became a test case for the technology of electronic filing and the information policies governing its uses.
Acquisition
Federal IT spending predicted to rise despite budget crunch
Market research firm Input estimates annual federal IT budget will rise 5 percent annually despite proposed freeze in discretionary spending.
People
DOD grant explores mining health records data
Grant to fund research into how electronic health records could be used to help track diseases and health trends in the military.
Digital Government
CCHIT sets tests for inpatient, ER e-health records
The Certification Commission for Healthcare IT has approved criteria for certifying inpatient, emergency room and a new category of enterprise EHRs.
Digital Government
Leavitt calls on Medicare, Medicaid to require e-prescribing
The HHS secretary uses his personal blog to urge large health care providers, including the government, to make electronic prescription services mandatory.
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