Council sets $35m plan for e-acquisition in '06
The government's procurement chiefs know what they want to spend on a federal acquisition portal; now they have to make sure the government's money chiefs will pony up the funding.
Air Force deals forge service standards for IT
Two major contracts unveiled in recent days demonstrate the Air Force is serious about saving money and improving productivity by enforcing discipline on hardware and software buys across the service.
Bills to revert to old A-76 attract Bush veto threat
The Senate Appropriations Committee last week approved a $90.6 billion spending bill for the Transportation and Treasury departments and other government offices that would limit privatization of federal jobs.
OPM employees win A-76 bid for IT at Ga. center
Office of Personnel Management employees in Georgia won a streamlined competition for computer assistance and building management services by underbidding its commercial competitor by more than 40 percent.
OMB: Agencies need policies on file sharing
The Office of Management and Budget is clamping down on agency use of file-sharing, peer-to-peer networks.
Five lines-of-business projects are under way
Finance and human resources are two of five lines-of-business consolidation efforts.
OMB to call for shared finance and HR apps
The Bush administration is crafting a plan to outsource the government's financial and human resources processing to vendors and federal service centers. <b>Tim Young</b>, OMB's associate administrator for e-government and IT, has said the plan involves '...IT hosting services at a minimum."
Apps help citizens get back to work
As the federal government pressures states to better integrate their training and workforce development programs, state workers are finding a greater need to consolidate the information they send to federal agencies.
Input sought on governmentwide case management system
The Office of Management and Budget and the Justice and Homeland Security departments are asking for vendor input on how to develop a governmentwide investigative case management system.
Competitive sourcing fight continues on the Hill
The House is debating an amendment that would restrict use of the revised OMB A-76 Circular.
NASCIO gets grant for enterprise architecture work
The National Association of State CIOs received a $500,000 grant from the Justice Department to continue development of enterprise architecture to improve interoperability among state, local and federal government law enforcement agencies.
OPM employees win A-76 competition
Office of Personnel Management employees in Georgia won a streamlined competition against the private sector for computer assistance and building management services by underbidding the vendor by more than 50 percent.
SBA launches online 8(a) application
The Small Business Administration today launched an online application for the 8(a) Business Development and Small Disadvantage Business Certification programs.
New profile adds security to the enterprise mix
The Office of Management and Budget is instructing agencies to make a direct connection between the lines of business in the Federal Enterprise Architecture and security and privacy.
Bush sets up terrorist data council
CAMBRIDGE, Md.'President Bush has ordered the Office of Management and Budget to create an interagency council to coordinate the sharing of terrorist information.
The E-Learning project has to repeat a grade
The Office of Personnel Management earlier this month re-released the E-Learning solicitation after vendor concerns over the fairness of the procurement forced the agency to pull it back last month.
OMB sets plan to review all 25 e-gov projects
By the end of the month, the Office of Management and Budget plans to hire a contractor to make sure all 25 e-government projects comply with federal laws and regulations.
Group seeks to define what makes a Web ad
The government's Web chiefs want clarification about when listing a company on a Web site is considered an advertisement or endorsement.
Finding data, wherever it's stowed, is the objective
The Library of Congress has dozens of catalogs of public records that are searchable only by the agency's in-house systems.
Feds set plan to make data easier to find
Agencies have long set their own practices for presenting information to the public, but now the Office of Management and Budget wants everyone to get on the same page.
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