Oct 20th 2009
A hospital in Dallas is using NASA technology to improve its patient flow. The technology - called the On-Cue system - uses artificial intelligence toautomate patient flow and improve efficiency...
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Oct 19th 2009
Ten months after Inauguration Day, the process of filling top management posts in the Federal Government continues. Last week, the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee reviewed the nominations of two people nominated for top management posts at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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Oct 16th 2009
NASA CIO Linda Cureton tells FederalNewsRadio that the cloud platform moved quickly out of the pilot stage and into a full productions stage. Cureton also is reviewing the plans for NASA's multi-billion dollar IT support services consolidation contract, called I3P. She says a new schedule could be released as early as next week.
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Sep 25th 2009
Deputy director for management Jeffrey Zients hires Shelley Metzenbaum to help lead the performance management effort. OMB to lean on the Performance Improvement Council to develop and advocate for new approach.
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Aug 10th 2009
More spending to track, and fewer workers to do the work. That's the conundrum facing Federal agencies trying to meet the many demands of federal acquisition. In the second of two reports, FederalNewsRadio's Max Cacas looks at how three of those agencies are trying to cope.
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Jul 9th 2009
Texas Democrat's bill would modernize how the government appropriates, measures funding. Agency progress with financial management oversight improves slightly, but still no consolidated audit opinion.
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Jun 23rd 2009
DHS science and technology: A vision of what's possible - Part one of FederalNewsRadio's look into how the directorate moves ideas to the market.
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May 22nd 2009
New site, Data.gov, to grow to about 240,000 datasets over the next month. Federal CIO Vivek Kundra says the public should direct what information is made available.
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May 14th 2009
DHS science and technology: A vision of what's possible - Part one of FederalNewsRadio's look into how the directorate moves ideas to the market.
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Apr 13th 2009
Cost-type contracts nearly double over the last eight years.
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Apr 7th 2009
Small business goals remain at center of acquisition strategy
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Mar 26th 2009
Agency sets sights on next set of standard terms of service with providers
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Sheila Campbell,
Teresa Nasif,
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Flickr,
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blip.tv,
Facebook,
MySpace,
Twitter,
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Jan 17th 2009
Several contracts on way to help consolidate, standardize
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Roy Standing,
Robert Binkley,
Mike Milazzo,
Zach Goldstein,
Brian Burns,
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Lockheed Martin,
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