Clearing
Checkpoints in Transportation Security
May 2008
Since its founding in the aftermath of 9/11, the Transportation
Security Agency has partnered with MITRE on a variety of programs.
Our work with TSA on sophisticated airport screening initiatives
such as Registered Traveler and Secure Flight uses advanced biometric
techniques to help keep passengers moving smoothly to their gates.
VETSNET:
Repaying a Special Debt
April 2008
MITRE engineers have been working with the Department of Veterans
Affairs and private-sector contractors to get more veterans benefits
processed and paid through VETSNET. The new program works so well
that the number of veterans receiving their monthly payments through
VETSNET has increased from some 10,000 a year ago to over 200,000
now.
MITRE
Transforms Electronic Health Records
February 2008
The development of electronic health records (EHRs) promises to
transform the healthcare industry. Project Laika, a research initiative
co-sponsored by MITRE, will help EHR developers create software
tools that share information seamlessly across a variety of systems.
Healthcare
IT Standards to Bring Order to Medical Records
February 2008
Medical errors kill more Americans each year than car accidents
or breast cancer, but thanks to MITRE efforts, an electronic infrastructure
for the secure exchange of medical data among doctors, hospitals,
and insurance companies is one step closer to reality.
Helping
HUD Give Your Information a Safe Home
January 2008
Concerns about protecting sensitive information (and prompting
from a key lawmaker) moved HUD, with MITRE's help, to beef up its
information security procedures—with results that have pushed
HUD's information security ratings from the bottom to the top of
the class in a relatively short time.
New
Lab Serves as a Growing Resource for Tough Challenges
September 2007
From modest beginnings, MITRE's Enterprise Technology Lab (ETLab)
has expanded dramatically, enabling it to play a key and growing
role in advancing a wide range of work programs addressing the federal
government's top priorities.
Where
the Rx Meets the Bottom Line
February 2007
A team from MITRE's Center for Enterprise Modernization is looking
into ways to collect realistic data gauging how public health initiatives
and emerging technology might affect your pocketbook and your quality
of life.
