Acquisition workforce increasing, survey says
Agencies are starting to have success in increasing the number of contracting officers, known under the General Schedule code as 1102s, to offset the impending retirement of many employees in the same position.
O'Keefe to lead OPM's Retirement Systems Modernization
Thomas O'Keefe, a former FAA executive and an expert on performance tracking, will lead the Retirement Systems Modernization program, the Office of Personnel Management announced today.
DHS to hire more procurement officers
DHS' chief procurement officer Elaine Duke also plans on increasing the number of acquisition workers, establishing an acquisition system whereby each requirement has a well-defined mission and a management team, and strengthening contract administration to ensure that products and services meet contract requirements and mission needs.
Senate confirms Denett to head OFPP
The Senate yesterday approved Paul Denett to head the Office of Federal Procurement Policy after the office had been without a politically appointed leader since last September.
GPO awards contract for Future Digital System
<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font color>The Government Printing Office's vision for creating a state-of-the-art access platform to federal information is one step closer to completion.
OFPP sets deadline for plan to increase use of performance-based contracts
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is trying to increase the number of contracts that use performance based acquisition methods.
Education, HUD get back to green in e-gov on OMB scorecard
The Education and Housing and Urban Development departments raised their e-government scores on the President's Management Agenda scorecard to green, making up for downgrades last quarter
Dudley nominated to lead OMB regulatory affairs office
<font color="CC0000">(Updated)</font> President Bush yesterday nominated Susan Dudley as administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget.
Agency planning for move to IPv6 needs improvement, GAO says
With significant challenges ahead for agencies as they move to Internet Protocol Version 6, the Government Accountability Office is questioning whether the government is doing enough to be successful.
GSA warns public of e-mail scam
The General Services Administration is alerting the public not to respond to a phishing scam that masks itself coming from FirstGov.gov and asks for personal credit card information.
Advisory panel votes for new GSA IT services schedule
To increase competition among services contracts, the General Services Administration should develop a new schedule for IT services and expand the DOD rule of three to the rest of government, according to the Acquisition Advisory Panel.
Report: DHS contracting lacks accountability, controls
Reps. Tom Davis (R-Va.) and Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) released a report detailing contract mismanagement that included awarding too many sole-source contracts, having too few qualified contracting personnel, and constant cost, schedule and performance shortfalls.
Contactless CACs slated for 10 DOD locations
Members of the Defense Department's Access Card Office like to say they eat their own dogfood in testing the contactless smart-identification card. In a pilot program, employees traded their Common Access Cards for a newer version that has both contact and contactless capabilities.
CIO Council issues third version of FEA security/privacy profile
In the latest version of the Federal Enterprise Architecture Security and Privacy Profile, the CIO Council for the first time gives agencies a document that is built from reality.
Online extra | Delay in e-gov funding puts some projects in a bind
Four of five federal agencies received approval from the House and Senate Appropriations committees to transfer funds to the managing partners of E-Government projects on June 30'the last day of the third quarter of the federal fiscal year. This was three months earlier than approval was granted last year, but it still put agencies in a bind.
HSPD-12 shared-services solicitation expanded
The General Services Administration has added a new milestone to the Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 shared-services request for proposals and is working on an agreement for agencies to obtain services once they are set up.
ID cards need GSA standards
Without a standard set of interfaces, the identification cards issued under Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 would be nothing more than souped-up flash passes. That's the risk John Sindelar and the General Services Administration are working to avoid.
Davis amends IT security act in light of data breaches
Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) promised earlier this year to determine whether the Federal Information Security Management Act needs updating.
E-government at funding crossroads
Congressional appropriators have applied spending restrictions that would leave the 25 government-wide projects and Lines of Business initiatives struggling to move forward. Committee staff people on the Hill insist Congress doesn't have anything against e-government, but that agencies' failure to explain the value of the projects has caused lawmakers to balk at funding the cross-agency systems.
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