E-gov efforts moving forward? Depends who you ask
Graduation day is coming for the 25 Quicksilver initiatives, and some projects won't be walking across the stage. Many of the Office of Management and Budget's e-government projects have failed to meet or have only partially met most of their objectives over the past two years, a senior General Accounting Office official told lawmakers last month.
GPO gets a grip on its glut
Only a fraction of the more than 6,000 bills the 108th Congress produces this summer will be signed by the president, but all of them will receive a digital signature.
E-Rulemaking will use a centralized docket system
The E-Rulemaking project team by the fall will test a central, governmentwide online docket system for information and comment on proposed federal rules and regulations.<br>
Modest IT budget growth beats a cut, Senate staffer says
During the upcoming budget cycle in Congress, homeland security IT requests expected to be among the priorities.<br>
Haycock to leave OMB
Robert Haycock, the Office of Management and Budget's chief architect, will step down April 30.
CIO Council must look to the future
Dan Matthews considers his role as vice chairman of the CIO Council similar to his job as the Transportation Department's CIO'on a larger scale.
GSA readies RFI for next wave of e-gov projects
The General Services Administration by the end of the month will kick off new business consolidation initiatives by releasing a request for information.
RFP seeks vendor to consolidate recreation sites
The consolidation of the government's recreation reservation Web sites is about to begin.<br>
GPO signs on to using PKI
The Government Printing Office by mid-summer will authenticate government documents using a public-key infrastructure and digital signatures.<br>
OPM to clarify how applicants list education on jobs site
The Office of Personnel Management, trying to stop potential government employees from highlighting bogus degrees on their resumes, is adding information to the USAjobs.opm.gov site's resume builder about how job seekers should report their education.
Agencies taking closer look at human capital issues
Representatives from the CIO, Federal Acquisition, Chief Financial Officers and the Chief Human Capital Officers councils said today that workforce training and hiring issues are among their top priorities.<br>
GAO, agencies rate e-gov success differently
Even though several Quicksilver project managers trumpeted the success of their projects and e-government in general before lawmakers yesterday, the General Accounting Office offered a more cautious view.<br>
Eight IT projects get kudos for excellence
Two Quicksilver initiatives were among six federal and two state and local IT projects to receive Showcase of Excellence awards today at FOSE 2004 in Washington.
Councils revise Web portal
The American Council for Technology and the Industry Advisory Council have imported more technology into their newly joint web portal.<br>
Online Extra: Agencies uneasy about move to governmentwide financial systems
For many agencies, the gain of e-government has yet to outweigh the pain. This is especially true in the conversion to governmentwide financial systems from agencywide applications.
GSA prepares for follow-on to FedBizOpps
The General Services Administration this month plans to release a draft request for proposals to upgrade and enhance FedBizOpps, the government's procurement portal.
Enough coddling'OMB demands results from IT
After three years of holding agencies' hands, waiting for their infrastructures to settle into place and putting up with systems chiefs' anxieties, Bush administration officials think it's time that federal IT deliver on the promised results. 'We can get to where we want to be. It is just a question of making sure there is plenty of rigor and discipline to make sure agencies understand what their goals are,' OMB's <b>Clay Johnson</b> says.
Senate raises 2005 funding limit by 7.3 percent
The Senate today passed the government's fiscal 2005 budget resolution by 51 to 45, setting the overall limit at $2.36 trillion with $821 billion for discretionary spending.<br>
GAO calls for changes to GPRA law
The GAO yesterday called for lawmakers to amend the Government Performance and Results Act to require that agencies make better use of performance measures.<br>
E-Gov Act implementation picking up steam
The Office of Management and Budget by the end of the month is requiring agencies to reference www.regulations.gov on all Federal Register notices and on each agency's Internet home page.<br>
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