OMB forming groups to determine JFMIP testing criteria
The Office of Management and Budget over the next six months will work with vendors and agency financial, procurement and IT experts to set the criteria for new systems to be certified by the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program.<br>
DOD to test business modernization architecture
The Defense Department later this month will release two requests for proposals for pilot programs using its Business Management Modernization Program architecture.<br>
Senate votes to restrict shipping federal work overseas
Federal agencies might no longer be able to hire contractors that ship work overseas if a Senate amendment passed last night becomes law.<br>
Five best practices for A-76 success
Agencies with thriving competitive sourcing programs have found five practices are the keys to success, OMB and the Federal Acquisition Council said today in the new guide.<br>
Agencies improve IT security, but there's still work left to do
Agency IT security has shown marked progress in the last year, but too many agencies still fall short of meeting the goals of the Federal Information Security Management Act.
OPM's path to green paved by IT security
As the leaves turned brown last fall, Office of Personnel Management IT officials could only think about green. CIO Janet Barnes hoped OPM would become only the second agency to earn a green rating for its e-government work on the President's Management Agenda scorecard.
OMB to demand more detailed business cases
Agencies can expect to do more work on their fiscal 2006 IT business cases than they've had to do in previous years. The Office of Management and Budget is considering requiring agencies to follow separate steps in filing business cases for ongoing projects and for initiatives' development, modernization and enhancement phases. OMB also plans to change some rules for contract management and software buying.
OMB sets SmartBuy action plan
The Office of Management and Budget is taking its search for savings to the users' desktops. A new directive requires agencies to use the new SmartBuy enterprise license program, inventory software bought last year and detail software buying plans for this year.
GSA tinkers with Networx plan
The General Services Administration is considering major changes to Networx, its $10 billion telecommunications governmentwide acquisition follow-on to FTS 2001, GSA officials told lawmakers late last month.
Online Extra: OMB is defining final phase for e-gov projects
Each of the Office of Management and Budget's 25 Quicksilver e-government projects will be rolled out by the end of the summer, administration officials vow. Next: How they'll be used.<br>
OMB: Agencies improve IT security, but many are short of goals
Agency IT security has shown marked improvement over the last three years, but too many departments still fall short of Federal Information Security Management Act goals, OMB reported today.
Pushing for cybersecurity, e-gov
Sen. Susan Collins was born into a political family. Her mother and father each served at separate times as the mayor of Caribou, Maine. So it came as no surprise when her first job out of college in 1975 was working on the Washington staff of Maine Sen. William Cohen, an author of the Clinger-Cohen Act. After 12 years of working for the Republican lawmaker, Collins served as a cabinet secretary for Gov. John McKernan for five years and as head of the New England regional office of the Small Business Administration for a year.
GSA's new handbook reflects the rise of smart cards
With more than 4 million smart cards in use governmentwide, agencies are ready to take the technology beyond the experimental stage.<br>
GAO: More help needed for competitive-sourcing process
The Office of Management and Budget has stymied agency progress in competing more federal jobs with the private sector under Circular A-76, the General Accounting Office said today.<br>
OMB sets deadline for competitive-sourcing reports
Agencies have until March 31 to complete their first annual competitive-sourcing reports, the Office of Management and Budget said yesterday.<br>
GSA says Networx can be improved
The General Services Administration is considering major changes to its $10 billion telecommunications governmentwide acquisition follow-on contract to FTS 2001.<br>
Bill would require review of federal programs every five years
Congressman introduces legislation to require OMB to review agency program purpose, design, strategic plan, management and results at least every five years.<br>
GSA's Sindelar takes on familiar role for OMB, e-gov
The Office of Management and Budget is getting serious about its line of business consolidation initiatives'called by some the next wave of e-government projects.
OMB wants rule to support better vendor management
OMB will propose a rule that would require agencies to include a clause in all new contracts asking vendors to use earned value management criteria to manage the project.<br>
OMB: Privacy assessments pass muster
The Office of Management and Budget is pleased with agencies' initial attempts at developing privacy impact assessments for major systems.<br>
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