EPA's experience: 3 keys to sharing savings
Share-in-savings is the most complex type of contract, according to Judy Davis, the Environmental Protection Agency's director of acquisition management, who has had some experience with them.
Agencies warm up to share-in-savings deals
For nearly a decade, agencies have been allowed to cut their up-front costs on IT and other projects through contracting methods that let them share savings with vendors who develop valuable systems. Few have taken that approach.
CIO Council says IT workers lacking skills
In a CIO Council survey, few federal workers said they have extensive experience in IT security, records management, privacy, e-government and enterprise architecture. The gaps in these skills are leading the council to begin working with the Office of Personnel Management to improve the IT workforce through hiring and training.
White House adviser: R&D funding is up
Federal R&D efforts in areas such as high-performance computing, grid computing and next-generation microprocessors are receiving more direct money than ever before, a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology said late last month.
Four honored for performance-based contracting success
As agencies continue to struggle in using performance-based contracting, four federal employees proved it's not as hard as it looks.
E-voting debate: paper or no paper
As the administrator of elections for Maryland, Linda Lamone believes electronic voting machines are safe and secure, even without a paper trail.
CIO Council crafting reusable-components paper
The CIO Council's Enterprise Architecture Committee is finalizing a white paper that will give agencies a strategy on how to share software.
GAO: Data mining popular with agencies
Almost half of all agencies, including the 24 largest, are using data mining techniques to detect criminals, improve services or uncover waste, fraud or abuse.
Agencies attest share-in-savings contracts are possible
As more agencies try new contracting method, they "are realizing this will work for consolidation and fee generating initiatives," a GSA executive says.
Education's student aid office serves as e-gov model
Office used Web and e-government technologies to put information and applications online, and personalize the college search, admissions and aid processes.
Hobbs to be new Treasury CIO
<font color="CC0000"> (UPDATED ) </font color>Ira Hobbs, deputy CIO at Agriculture for the past seven years, has a history of advancing cross-government initiatives, program management and enterprise architecture.
Do Not Call Registry among ACT award winners
Success of Do Not Call list earned the FTC one of five federal 2004 American Council for Technology Intergovernmental Solutions awards.
New OMB report hails competitive sourcing
The administration hopes the report will show lawmakers the benefits of A-76.
OMB evaluates share-in-savings for consolidation projects
OMB considers requiring agencies to use share-in-savings procurements for lines-of-business consolidation initiatives.
R&D funding flowing like never before
R&D efforts in areas such as high-performance computing, grid computing and next-generation microprocessors are receiving more direct money than ever.
Franke award presented to Bates
GSA's Sandra Bates honored for leadership, dedication and long-term contribution to federal service.
SBA's Miller takes private-sector job
Ron Miller, the Small Business Administration's program executive officer for e-government, has accepted a position with SRA International Inc.
Lack of desktop configuration standards hurting cybersecurity
Federal agencies are falling short on meeting the most critical provision of the Federal Information Security Management Act, a security expert and Hill staff member said.
SBA lends a hand with online loan app
The Small Business Administration gets more than 67,000 faxes a year from lenders seeking small-business loans that add up to more than $16.9 billion.SBA employees must manually enter the information, delaying loan decisions. But all that faxing, data entry and waiting will likely disappear as lenders begin using SBA's recently launched E-Tran online loan application.
GSA's E-Travel is ready to leave the station
The National Science Foundation has waited nearly three years for an electronic travel system, but patience seems to be paying off.The agency will join seven others as the first adopters of the General Services Administration's E-Travel initiative. By early summer, NSF plans to award a task order for a reservation and voucher system to one of three E-Travel contractors: Carlson Wagonlit Government Travel Inc. of San Antonio, EDS Corp. or the Mission Systems unit of Northrop Grumman Corp.
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
When you visit our website, we store cookies on your browser to collect information. The information collected might relate to you, your preferences or your device, and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to and to provide a more personalized web experience. However, you can choose not to allow certain types of cookies, which may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer. Click on the different category headings to find out more and change our default settings according to your preference. You cannot opt-out of our First Party Strictly Necessary Cookies as they are deployed in order to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting the cookie banner and remembering your settings, to log into your account, to redirect you when you log out, etc.). For more information about the First and Third Party Cookies used please follow this link.
Manage Consent Preferences
Strictly Necessary Cookies - Always Active
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Sale of Personal Data, Targeting & Social Media Cookies
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, you have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information to third parties. These cookies collect information for analytics and to personalize your experience with targeted ads. You may exercise your right to opt out of the sale of personal information by using this toggle switch. If you opt out we will not be able to offer you personalised ads and will not hand over your personal information to any third parties. Additionally, you may contact our legal department for further clarification about your rights as a California consumer by using this Exercise My Rights link
If you have enabled privacy controls on your browser (such as a plugin), we have to take that as a valid request to opt-out. Therefore we would not be able to track your activity through the web. This may affect our ability to personalize ads according to your preferences.
Targeting cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
Social media cookies are set by a range of social media services that we have added to the site to enable you to share our content with your friends and networks. They are capable of tracking your browser across other sites and building up a profile of your interests. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit. If you do not allow these cookies you may not be able to use or see these sharing tools.
If you want to opt out of all of our lead reports and lists, please submit a privacy request at our Do Not Sell page.
Cookie List
A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:
Strictly Necessary Cookies
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Functional Cookies
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Performance Cookies
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Sale of Personal Data
We also use cookies to personalize your experience on our websites, including by determining the most relevant content and advertisements to show you, and to monitor site traffic and performance, so that we may improve our websites and your experience. You may opt out of our use of such cookies (and the associated “sale” of your Personal Information) by using this toggle switch. You will still see some advertising, regardless of your selection. Because we do not track you across different devices, browsers and GEMG properties, your selection will take effect only on this browser, this device and this website.
Social Media Cookies
We also use cookies to personalize your experience on our websites, including by determining the most relevant content and advertisements to show you, and to monitor site traffic and performance, so that we may improve our websites and your experience. You may opt out of our use of such cookies (and the associated “sale” of your Personal Information) by using this toggle switch. You will still see some advertising, regardless of your selection. Because we do not track you across different devices, browsers and GEMG properties, your selection will take effect only on this browser, this device and this website.
Targeting Cookies
We also use cookies to personalize your experience on our websites, including by determining the most relevant content and advertisements to show you, and to monitor site traffic and performance, so that we may improve our websites and your experience. You may opt out of our use of such cookies (and the associated “sale” of your Personal Information) by using this toggle switch. You will still see some advertising, regardless of your selection. Because we do not track you across different devices, browsers and GEMG properties, your selection will take effect only on this browser, this device and this website.
Help us tailor content specifically for you: