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Comments on Privacy, Other Provisions of the Recovery Act

Markle, the Center for American Progress, Brookings, and others respond to the HHS Office of the National Coordinator on its initial definition of 'meaningful use'.

Read collaborative response to ONC.

See also the Markle Connecting for Health consensus statement.

Read more comments to federal agencies on 'meaningful use'.

Implementing Energy and Climate Security Goals

The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) examines the role of the federal government in protecting and promoting the nation's energy security.

Read The Obama Plan for Energy and Climate Security.

Learn more about the Big Energy Map.

The Consumer Common Framework: 1 Year Later

More than 50 organizations endorse the Markle Common Framework for increasing consumer participation and protecting personal health information.

Go to main Common Framework page.

Read June 2009 news release.

See updated list of endorsers.

Book Presentation: WIKI GOVERNMENT

Markle to host a book presentation for author Beth Simone Noveck's new publication, WIKI GOVERNMENT: How Technology Can Make Government Better, Democracy Stronger, and Citizens More Powerful.

Learn more about this event.

Click here to register.

PolicyArchive Launches the Markle Special Collection

The Markle Special Collection of public policy research documents is now available at PolicyArchive, a project of the Center for Governmental Studies (CGS) and Indiana University-Perdue University at Indianapolis.

Visit the Markle Special Collection.

Read the press release.

Transatlantic Information Sharing Is Essential to Combating Terrorism

A new article in Policy Review by Mark Richard and Leslie Lebl, based on research conducted for the Markle Foundation, explores the successes and shortcomings of cooperative efforts between the US and Europe to share information to combat terrorism.

Read Security and Data Sharing.

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The Markle Weekly Digest

Keep up with the latest news on emerging information technology related to health and national security.

Download the current Weekly Digest (PDF, 479K).
Sign up for a free subscription to the Weekly Digest.

Markle's Health initiatives focus on the development of policies to help consumers and clinicians improve the health of all citizens, and accelerate the use and implementation of new technologies to strengthen the nation's health care system.

Read or download The Common Framework.
Learn more about Connecting for Health.
Read or download Katrina Health: Lessons Learned.

Markle's National Security program focuses on mobilizing information and technology to improve national security while protecting the civil liberties of all Americans.

Learn more about the US Energy Security project.
Find reports and more information about the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.

Markle has an extensive library of publications, speeches, presentations, and multimedia resources available for immediate viewing or download.

Search the Library.
Read about Health Projects.
Read about National Security Projects.

Informing the New Presidential Administration

As part of our efforts to help inform the new presidential administration on key issues regarding technology and policy, Markle has released and continues to work on a series of advisory briefs and working papers focusing on critical attributes and expectations in health and national security.

Read Achieving the Health IT Objectives of ARRA (PDF, 453K)
Read Nation At Risk: Policy Makers Need Better Information to Protect the Country (PDF, 367K).
See more advisory briefs.

Developing New Energy Security Policies for the US

On April 29, 2009, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) convened a group of thought leaders to discuss how to implement President Obama's energy and climate security goals. The conference was the culmination of the year-long Markle-supported CNAS project called the Big Energy Map, which examines the role the federal government in protecting and promoting the nation's energy security.

Read The Obama Plan for Energy and Climate Security (PDF, 2.3 MB)
Learn more about the April 29th conference.
Learn more about the Big Energy Map.
Go to the Markle Energy Security Project page.

Common Framework: Connecting Consumers to their Health

Connecting for Health released a new compendium of Common Framework documents defining a set of practices that can help protect personal health information and enhance consumer participation in online health records.

Read or download The Common Framework.
View the presentation A 21st-Century Approach to Privacy.


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