White House Takes on Cybercrime
According to Yahoo News, President Obama plans to appoint a White House official to be in charge of coordinating the federal government’s response to cybercrime. This comes after years of reports of identity theft, many tens of thousands of viruses aimed at security holes in mostly Microsoft operating systems like Windows 98, XP, and 2000, [...]
Maryland Health IT
The governor is poised to sign a Maryland bill into law this week on health information systems. Click here to see the Baltimore Sun article. The bill was known as HB706 on Electronic Health Records – Regulation and Reimbursement, was adopted by the House and State Senate by April 10, 2009. The Act empowers the [...]