Government IT Blogs
Senate Healthcare Reform Bill's IT Provisions Make Sense
Posted by Marianne Kolbasuk McGee
Nov 30, 2009 04:20:PM
As the Senate begins debating its healthcare reform bill, there's several health IT related provisions that aren't likely to stir a lot of emotion on the Senate floor, but deserve some attention.
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Can IT Help New Cancer Screening Guidelines?
Posted by Marianne Kolbasuk McGee
Nov 23, 2009 01:36:PM
New recommendations from a federal task force last week about breast cancer screenings have infuriated many cancer survivors as well as medical professional organizations, including the American Cancer Society. The guidelines were based on data analysis of the risks and benefits of mammograms for women under age 50.
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The Million-Dollar Google Maps API
Posted by John Foley
Nov 20, 2009 01:48:PM
The U.S. government's Apps.gov Web site provides new visibility into what federal agencies pay for cloud-based applications and commercial software, with offerings from vendors such as Hewlett-Packard, Jive, Microsoft, and Salesforce.com. One of the priciest products on the site: Google's Maps API, which lists for nearly a million dollars.
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Interop: Cloud Computing's Portability Gotcha
Posted by John Foley
Nov 19, 2009 03:16:PM
There were a couple "aha" moments for me at Interop's Enterprise Cloud Summit. The first was that some companies are already storing hundreds of terabytes of data in the cloud. The second was that it can be a slow and expensive process to move that data from one service provider to another.
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