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Tommy Thompson's Iowa strategy isn't far-fetched

Thompson, who was last elected governor of Wisconsin in 1998 and who resigned as U.S. Health and Human Ser...

Tommy Thompson says capital needed for electronic health records

- To differentiate himself from other presidential wannabes, former Wisconsin governor and cabinet secretary Tommy Thompson is casting himself as the candidate of new ideas in the 2008 presidential race, and he outlined several ways to accelerate the adoption of electronic health records following his keynote address at the annual conference of the <a href="http://www.wisbio...

Tommy Thompson joins drug company as advisor

Tommy Tompson, formerly a Wisconsin governor and then secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has accepted an advisory position with Alfacell Corporation. Alfacell develops cancer theraputics and is moving closer to filing a new drug application with the federal Food and Drug Administration for its lead drug candidate. The company's headquarters are in Bloomfield,...

Tommy Thompson joins Picis board of directors

Thompson began his career in public service in 1966...

Tommy Thompson will speak at World Congress on IT next May

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Reading Tommy Thompson's diary: Imagining unspoken thoughts about 2008

Well, after all those years of living on government pay, I'm finally banking a few bucks. I'm president of one company, on the board of directors for a few others, and getting paid by a law firm and an accounting firm - all at the same time. People are even hiring me to speak, which might surprise those folks who poked fun at "the old Tommy."<br...

Tommy Thompson elected to board of Jersey medical firm

Bard, a healthcare technology firm headquartered in New Jersey, manufactures and sells specialty devi...

Tommy Thompson's ID chip, California firm to use WARF's patents and more ...

Former Governor Secretary Tommy Thompson announced last week that he is planning to have a radio frequency id chip implanted in his arm that will provide access to his electronic medical records. Meanwhile over at the UW, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation announced that it has licensed California research firm Chemicon to commercialize products using WARF's stem cell patents. On another...

Tommy Thompson to get RFID implant

Thompson, who also served as Secretary of Health...

Tommy Thompson tackles the private sector in spades

Tommy Thompson, former U.S. Health and Human Services secretary and longtime Wisconsin governor, has plunged head-first into several high-profile executive positions since leaving his Cabinet post in January. Thompson accepted three positions: senior adviser for Big Four accounting firm Deloitte & Touche USA; law partner at Washington power firm Akin Bump Strauss Hauer & Feld; and presid...

Reading Tommy Thompson's mind – life after public service

Now what? Everyone thinks I have some cushy job lined up now that I've decided to quit as secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, but they couldn't be further from the truth. Most people don't realize that federal ethics rules basically keep Cabinet secretaries from talking t...

Could Tommy Thompsons next stop be Transportation, Homeland Security, or the private sector?

That important disclaimer aside, here are some long-shot predictions about what Wisconsins Thompson will be doing after (and if) he leaves as se...