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• GSA to Host Another E-Commerce Portal Industry Day

  16-05-2018 23:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  NextGov: The General Services Administration is once again asking for industry input on a massive e-commerce portal that would make buying commercial products easier and faster for federal agencies.GSA will host an industry day for the platform at its headquarters on June 21, Mark Lee, the agency’s assistant commissioner for policy and compliance, said Wednesday at a Coalition for Government Procurement conference. The event is open to any group looking to weigh in on the online platform t
  
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• Broad new war authorization roils US lawmakers

  16-05-2018 23:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Defense News: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said he wants to reach consensus on his expansive new war authorization before putting it to a vote, but that consensus seemed far away Wednesday.The panel’s hearing on the measure, a bill co-sponsored by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., saw marked ideological splits among the panel’s Democrats and Republicans, highlighting the challenge of replacing the post-9/11 authorization for use of military force (AUMF). Thos
  
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• Air Force Materiel Command to reassess health of aircraft inventory due to fatal mishaps

  16-05-2018 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Military Times: The head of Air Force Materiel Command has directed the many AFMC organizations charged with safety and sustainment to take a second look at their data in response to a recent slew of deadly aviation mishaps that have triggered concerns about pilot safety.Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, who has led AFMC since 2015, told reporters on May 15 that she recently sent a memo that gives the command until mid-July to reexamine the health of its aircraft inventory.
  
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• Lawmakers seek $7.5 billion to counter China's rise

  16-05-2018 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Defense News: The U.S. should forge stronger military ties with Taiwan and add $7.5 billion in national defense spending in the Pacific region in order to counter Chinese influence in the region, according to a legislative proposal from four U.S. senators.The bipartisan Asia Reassurance Initiative Act, or ARIA, would authorize $1.5 billion annually for five years to deter and defend against China. A mix of State Department and Defense Department funds would bolster the U.S. military presence and
  
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• Army realigns digital 'hunters' for rising electronic warfare

  16-05-2018 23:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  C4ISRNET: The Army’s Intelligence Electronics Warfare Test Directorate (IEWTD) was realigned under U.S. Army Operational Test Command Center at a ceremony in Fort Huachuca, Arizona on May 8.The IEWTD is returning to command under the USAOTC after a seven-year stint with the Fort Huachuca’s Electronic Proving Grounds. The directorate conducts operational tests of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, electronic warfare, biometrics and counter improvised explosive device syste
  
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• Sutter Health back online after 24 hours of systemwide EHR outage

  16-05-2018 22:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  Healthcare IT News: Sutter Health faced more than a day of downtime of its Epic EHR and an outage of internal communications this week after the activation of a fire suppression system in one of its data centers, officials said.All systems currently are back online.The outage began late Monday night and impacted all 24 hospitals in the California-based health system, according to an internal memo obtained by the Press Democrat. The outage affected certain information systems, the service desk an
  
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• NYU launches online tool to understand communities' health needs

  16-05-2018 22:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  Modern Healthcare: New York University School of Medicine researchers on Tuesday launched an online resource that city governments across the country can use to identify and help set policies for improving their communities' health needs.The City Health Dashboard will let users access demographic data from 500 of the largest U.S. cities and reports on 36 health measures such as air quality, housing, walkability, smoking and obesity, as well as level of access to clinical-care services.
  
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• Medicaid payment for opioid treatment embroiled in politics over loosening restrictions

  16-05-2018 22:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  Modern Healthcare: In Cincinnati, wait times for opioid addicts seeking residential treatment have dropped as the city's providers are banding together to manage the barrage of cases across different settings.In January, Mercy Health partnered with 10 outpatient treatment centers. The hospital offers short-term detox stays for patients, then the clinics take over and manage the long-term treatment, nearly on demand. After they have stabilized, patients can decide whether they want residential tr
  
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• A CISO's advice for securing connected medical devices

  16-05-2018 22:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  Healthcare IT News: Phishing emails aimed to compromise employee credentials. Encryption used to prevent exposure of sensitive data in the event of accidental loss or theft. Ransomware, rendering hospital computers useless and access to digital medical records unavailable. These are just a few of the things health systems are battling today in an increasingly sophisticated threat landscape. More often than not, it’s patient records and sensitive data that sits at the root of all privacy an
  
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