OMB reports little progress on PMA's e-gov goals
The Office of Management and Budget today handed out its final set of grades for fiscal 2003, and agency progress remains stymied in getting to green on e-government under the President's Management Agenda. <br>
Education, PTO recognized for Section 508 best practices
The Education Department and the Patent and Trademark Office developed programs to integrate Section 508 accessibility requirements into all phases of their IT plans.<br>
Justice ready to release survey on Section 508 compliance
The Justice Department by the end of this week will release to agencies the 2003 Section 508 survey, marking the best opportunity to gauge governmentwide success at meeting accessibility requirements.<br>
OMB personnel changes: Chenok out, Anderson moving up
Dan Chenok, the well-respected branch chief for information policy and technology, is leaving to join SRA International Inc. Tad Anderson, portfolio manager for the government-to-business Quicksilver projects, has been promoted to associate administrator for e-government and IT.
OMB tests government transactions portal
By July, the Office of Management and Budget expects that 24 agencies will be able to process their rent and reimbursable IT services payments through a new interagency portal.<br>
CIO Council group recommends a federal project management office
A CIO Council working group this month will make recommendations to the Office of Management and Budget on how to further establish the project management profession in government.
GSA's Safavian tapped to head OFPP
President Bush yesterday announced his intentions to nominate David Safavian to become the next administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. <br>
The key ingredient: discipline
While performance-based contracting is hardly a new tool for agencies, the Veterans Affairs Department is one of the few having success.
New e-gov committee chairman moving to Treasury
Samuel W. Bodman, new chairman of the E-Government Committee of the President's Management Council, has been tapped to move from his No. 2 job at the Commerce Department to the same post at the Treasury Department.<br>
Congress keeps government open another week
The federal government can keep operating until Nov. 7 after the House passed a continuing resolution yesterday.<br>
Forman: Stop customizing core financial systems
Agencies need to adopt a core set of software standards for financial management, the former Office of Budget and Management administrator for e-government and IT says.<br>
DOD developing strategies to buy services better
The Defense Department is developing four or five test programs to change the way acquisition officials buy services.<br>
GSA is developing new SmartBuy models
The General Services Administration will submit a plan to revamp the administration's enterprise software licensing initiative which likely will include models for tiered pricing and comprehensive packages. <br>
Ely returns to private sector after short stay at OPM
Kay Ely, the senior adviser for competitive sourcing and acting policy adviser at the Office of Personnel Management, is returning to the private sector next month. <br>
OMB backs off plans for central authentication gateway
The administration is scrapping plans for its online E-Authentication gateway, which had been touted as a cornerstone of e-government.<br>
Fitting new IT into architectures proves tough
Here's a new enterprise architecture wrinkle: How, if at all, should agencies incorporate emerging and new technologies?
Spirit'not deadline'of GPEA met
The deadline for the Government Paperwork Elimination Act came and went last week with the government falling short of 100 percent compliance.
GSA will link many pieces of e-procurement
By spring, the General Services Administration will begin to connect some of the pieces of the Integrated Acquisition Environment e-government project.
Helping hand
Postal Service managers can look across 39,000 facilities and spot dangers to employees and customers. By spending the last two years automating its safety inspection process, USPS has made work easier for its 600 safety inspectors. It also has opened a view into post offices and processing centers that managers never had before, said Samuel Pulcrano, USPS' manager of safety performance management.
Warfighting systems to get Clinger-Cohen treatment
HERSHEY, Pa.'The Defense Department's warfighting systems have always been beyond the reach of most federal management policies and practices. That's about to change.
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