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News & Events

Recent news items, media releases and events related to Markle's activities are included on the list below.

Connecting the Dots and the Christmas Plot

January 25, 2010
“We slipped up.”  That’s what Patrick F. Kennedy, the Undersecretary of State for Management, said at a Senate hearing ...
Categories: National Security    Tags: policy, terrorism

The Christmas Day Intelligence Failure – Part I: Enterprise Amnesia vs. Enterprise Intelligence

January 12, 2010
I have been watching the public statements from our leadership, media reports, the blogosphere, and emails galore related to the failed ...
Categories: National Security    Tags: terrorism

Christmas Day Attack a Wake-Up Call for Obama

January 4, 2010
George W. Bush's presidency was shocked early in its term by the unimagined terrorist act on September 11, 2001. Mr. Bush, who tended to ...
Categories: National Security    Tags: terrorism

Another failure to communicate

January 3, 2010
Never again. That's what Congress and the Bush administration promised seven years ago after revelations that the CIA didn't warn ...
Categories: National Security    Tags: information sharing

What to make of the failed terrorist attack

December 29, 2009
The president has ordered two reviews since the attack attempted against Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Christmas Day. While such reviews are ...
Categories: National Security    Tags: terrorism

New Study Rates Privacy Protections of Electronic Health Record Systems

December 16, 2009
I want to alert everybody to a study recently published by Patient Privacy Rights (PPR) that rates the various Personal Health Record ...
Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR

Markle gives sound advice on “Meaningful Use of Health IT” to policy makers (again)

December 15, 2009
The Markle Foundation has been giving some very reasonable advice on the use of IT and technology in general for the healthcare industry. Their ...
Categories: Health    Tags: meaningful use

The Evidence for HIT

November 30, 2009
In February 2009, President Obama and the Congress launched a vast, ambitious program to improve the health of Americans, and the performance ...
Categories: Health    Tags: health IT

The Grill: Zoë Baird

October 19, 2009
Computerworld - As president of the Markle Foundation, Zoë Baird helps drive change in health care and national security through the use ...
Categories: General Markle   

Former senator joins Markle Foundation board

October 8, 2009
Former Republican U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton was appointed to the Markle Foundation's board of directors, having served on the Markle Task ...
Categories: General Markle