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VA, DoD tout major progress in effort to join electronic health records systems
The departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs are eyeing the end of the summer for significant advances in their efforts for a new, joint electronic health record, a move that both bureaucracies have made the long-term centerpiece of medical reforms for their patients.
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White House ‘not concerned’ OPM furloughs will happen
Proposals to furlough and potentially fire 150 employees at the Office of Personnel Management were ‘taken out of context,’ according to an administration official.
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VA failed to reliably track spending on electronic health record system
The Department of Veteran Affairs says it spent $2.3 billion on its electronic health record system from fiscal 2015 through 2017, but the Government Accountability Office said it found only $1 billion of the spending to be “sufficiently reliable.”
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Government celebrates whistleblowers with new online resources
National Whistleblower Day featured government celebrations of those that call out waste, fraud and abuse, in addition to new resources to help federal employees make protected disclosures.
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US issues hacking security alert for small planes
A DHS official told The Associated Press that the agency independently confirmed a security flaw with outside partners and a national research laboratory, and decided it was necessary to issue the warning.
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Opponent of nation’s public lands is picked to oversee them
Interior Secretary David Bernhardt on Monday signed an order making a conservative lawyer and writer who argues for selling off the nation’s public lands acting head of the Bureau of Land Management.
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Senate Democrats chastise Social Security for union treatment
Negotiations between the Social Security Administration and the Association of Administrative Law Judges reached an impasse in early July and have now caught congressional attention.
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US Senate allows arms sales to Saudi Arabia, sustaining Trump vetoes
The U.S. Senate failed to override President Donald Trump’s veto of resolutions meant to block U.S. weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E.
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New bill would end union work for feds on the job
Legislation introduced in the House would eliminate statutory protections for official time use at federal agencies.
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Doubts emerge about Trump pick for US intelligence chief
Rep. John Ratcliffe’s dearth of relevant experience may especially matter at a time when current and former government officials expect Russia to interfere in the 2020 presidential election.
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VA, DoD tout major progress in effort to join electronic health records systems
The departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs are eyeing the end of the summer for significant advances in their efforts for a new, joint electronic health record, a move that both bureaucracies have made the long-term centerpiece of medical reforms for their patients.
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White House ‘not concerned’ OPM furloughs will happen
Proposals to furlough and potentially fire 150 employees at the Office of Personnel Management were ‘taken out of context,’ according to an administration official.
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VA failed to reliably track spending on electronic health record system
The Department of Veteran Affairs says it spent $2.3 billion on its electronic health record system from fiscal 2015 through 2017, but the Government Accountability Office said it found only $1 billion of the spending to be “sufficiently reliable.”
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Government celebrates whistleblowers with new online resources
National Whistleblower Day featured government celebrations of those that call out waste, fraud and abuse, in addition to new resources to help federal employees make protected disclosures.
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US issues hacking security alert for small planes
A DHS official told The Associated Press that the agency independently confirmed a security flaw with outside partners and a national research laboratory, and decided it was necessary to issue the warning.
-
Opponent of nation’s public lands is picked to oversee them
Interior Secretary David Bernhardt on Monday signed an order making a conservative lawyer and writer who argues for selling off the nation’s public lands acting head of the Bureau of Land Management.
-
Senate Democrats chastise Social Security for union treatment
Negotiations between the Social Security Administration and the Association of Administrative Law Judges reached an impasse in early July and have now caught congressional attention.
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US Senate allows arms sales to Saudi Arabia, sustaining Trump vetoes
The U.S. Senate failed to override President Donald Trump’s veto of resolutions meant to block U.S. weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E.
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New bill would end union work for feds on the job
Legislation introduced in the House would eliminate statutory protections for official time use at federal agencies.
-
Doubts emerge about Trump pick for US intelligence chief
Rep. John Ratcliffe’s dearth of relevant experience may especially matter at a time when current and former government officials expect Russia to interfere in the 2020 presidential election.
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VA, DoD tout major progress in effort to join electronic health records systems
The departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs are eyeing the end of the summer for significant advances in their efforts for a new, joint electronic health record, a move that both bureaucracies have made the long-term centerpiece of medical reforms for their patients.
-
White House ‘not concerned’ OPM furloughs will happen
Proposals to furlough and potentially fire 150 employees at the Office of Personnel Management were ‘taken out of context,’ according to an administration official.
-
VA failed to reliably track spending on electronic health record system
The Department of Veteran Affairs says it spent $2.3 billion on its electronic health record system from fiscal 2015 through 2017, but the Government Accountability Office said it found only $1 billion of the spending to be “sufficiently reliable.”
-
Government celebrates whistleblowers with new online resources
National Whistleblower Day featured government celebrations of those that call out waste, fraud and abuse, in addition to new resources to help federal employees make protected disclosures.
-
US issues hacking security alert for small planes
A DHS official told The Associated Press that the agency independently confirmed a security flaw with outside partners and a national research laboratory, and decided it was necessary to issue the warning.
-
Opponent of nation’s public lands is picked to oversee them
Interior Secretary David Bernhardt on Monday signed an order making a conservative lawyer and writer who argues for selling off the nation’s public lands acting head of the Bureau of Land Management.
-
Senate Democrats chastise Social Security for union treatment
Negotiations between the Social Security Administration and the Association of Administrative Law Judges reached an impasse in early July and have now caught congressional attention.
-
US Senate allows arms sales to Saudi Arabia, sustaining Trump vetoes
The U.S. Senate failed to override President Donald Trump’s veto of resolutions meant to block U.S. weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E.
-
New bill would end union work for feds on the job
Legislation introduced in the House would eliminate statutory protections for official time use at federal agencies.
-
Doubts emerge about Trump pick for US intelligence chief
Rep. John Ratcliffe’s dearth of relevant experience may especially matter at a time when current and former government officials expect Russia to interfere in the 2020 presidential election.



