Agencies to work lines of business into EAs
Enterprise architects and business managers will be expected to develop modernization blueprints for their specific lines of business.
E-Authentication maps out its future
Agencies completing strategy to let apps use single sign-on technology.
Survey: Most EAs good for now, but not for future
Agencies' enterprise architectures are good enough to support their mission needs for the time being but may not be adequate for the long term.
FedBizOpps upgrade award remains in limbo
Courts tells GSA to re-evaluate bids to run the procurement Web site.
GSA releases RFI for strategic sourcing wireless initiative
The General Services Administration yesterday released a request for information for wireless cellular services and equipment under the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative.
E-Authentication looking for new service providers
The General Services Administration is looking for ways to give the federal E-Authentication e-government project a boost by bringing in more credential providers.
Court tells GSA to reopen bidding on FedBizOpps contract
A 'series of unfortunate events' undermines a mostly well-run procurement; judge order re-evaluation of proposals.
HUD, Justice verify security, privacy profile
Lisa Schlosser and Vance Hitch didn't have to think hard when offered the opportunity to test the new Security and Privacy Profile for the Federal Enterprise Architecture.
Panel wants to increase competition for services
A public-private panel Congress mandated to improve how agencies buy services seems, to some observers, bent on returning procurement to the practices of the 1990s.
The test of e-gov: efficiency and effectiveness
Although the Office of Management and Budget has long touted savings as the chief benefit of e-government initiatives, some current and former government officials say the White House could be leaving out a critically important measure'effectiveness'in their efforts to gain congressional support.
Agencies halt decline of acquisition workers
Agencies are starting to have success in increasing the number of contracting officers, known under the General Schedule code as 1102s, to offset impending retirements.
GSA sets up HSPD-12 managed service office, releases guidances
The General Services Administration opened a Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 managed services office and released two documents for agencies that want to work with the office.
Future Digital System similar to NARA's records system only on the surface
On the surface, the Government Printing Office's Future Digital System appears to duplicate what the National Archives and Records Administration is doing under its Electronic Records Archive project.
GPO puts content over form in FDSys
The Government Printing Office has no idea what its system to transform the way it preserves federal documents will look like. But then again, it might not matter right now: Chief Technology Officer Mike Wash has a clear vision of what the new content management system will do, how it will work and the benefits it will bring.
Acquisition panel: Update procurement data system
A panel of acquisition experts has approved 15 recommendations to submit to the Office of Federal Procurement Policy on ways to improve the quality of data in the system.
Security LOB wakes up from hibernation
Of the $5.5 billion agencies plan to spend on IT security this year, almost $1.4 billion is slated for training and reporting. But by standardizing how agencies conduct training and reporting, Office of Management and Budget officials believe a good chunk of that money could be reprogrammed for other mission-critical systems.
Task forces mark the trail
As OMB sifts through the latest agency reports, it coordinates fresh guidance.
USAF awards eight vendors $800m contract
The Air Force has awarded eight companies a five-year, $800 million blanket purchase agreement to provide management, operational and support services, studies, analyses and evaluation, and engineering and technical services.
OMB to agencies: Measure IT costs, savings from e-gov
With the pressure mounting from Capitol Hill to prove how much money e-government is saving agencies, the Office of Management and Budget yesterday directed agencies to begin measuring those reduced costs.
USPS names new CFO
The U.S. Postal Service has named Harold Walker as its new chief financial officer and executive vice president.
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