E-gov leaders look for a measure of satisfaction
With E-Government projects entering their sixth year, OMB is looking to establish reliable ways for agencies to measure what ultimately matters most'customer satisfaction.
GSA issues WITS 3 RFP
The General Services Administration has released a request for proposals for the Washington Interagency Telecommunications 3 contract.
OMB reminds agencies to use BPA for credit monitoring services
Agencies that are victimized by a data breach of personal information should use a new blanket purchase agreement set up by the General Services Administration.
GSA buys data encryption software
The General Services Administration will improve the security of 12,000 laptops by installing data encryption software from Credant Technologies Inc.
Deputy secretary Law to leave Labor after six years
The head of the President's Management Council's E-Government Committee is leaving the federal sector.
NIST issues revised IT security controls
Agencies now have updated guidelines for selecting and specifying security controls for all IT systems.
GSA to move policy, congressional functions under new office
The General Services Administration today officially moved its Office of Governmentwide Policy and its Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs under a new office.
IT Exchange program floundering, GAO finds
The once-promising program that would let federal employees work and learn at a private-sector company and vice versa is in serious danger of ending without use.
OFPP reauthorizes NASA's governmentwide contract
GSA administrator Lurita Doan's desire to consolidate and bring all governmentwide acquisition contracts under control of her agency met its first setback.
Fee-for-service taking hold for e-gov: OMB
Agencies are expected to spend more than $300 million on services from many of the 25 E-Government initiatives in fiscal 2007.
GSA to issue WITS 3 RFP in January
GSA last week announced it would release the final request for proposals for the Washington Interagency Telecommunications System 3 contract on or about Jan. 2.
OMB to release metrics for 18 e-gov projects
The Office of Management and Budget on Monday will release the performance metrics of 18 of 25 e-government initiatives as a part of the annual E-Government Report.
Sade to leave Commerce for GSA
Mike Sade, the long time procurement executive at the Commerce Department, is moving to the General Services Administration's Federal Acquisition Service.
Agencies waiting on vendors for IPv6 security products
With the deadline to move their network backbone to Internet Protocol Version 6 still about 18 months away, agencies' biggest concern is whether the security industry will have enough products to support them.
Former OMB chief architect Haycock to retire
Bob Haycock, whose 30 years in government include time as the Office of Management and Budget's first chief architect, is retiring Jan. 3.
Vajda draws lessons from data breaches
Education CIO Bill Bill Vajda is using last summer's government security breaches to spur changes in his department.
GSA, DOD work to improve acquisition
<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font color>The Defense Department and the General Services Administration have agreed to work on 22 areas that would improve their acquisition relationship.
Senate confirms EPA CIO; keeps government open until Feb. 15
The Senate finished up a busy final week by confirming the Environmental Protection Agency's new CIO and extending the government's fiscal 2006 budget until Feb. 15.
GSAs proposed merger of policy shops may create political tensions
Some say offices have different missions and goals.
What's up with DOD procurement?
Kevin Carroll, head of the Army's Program Executive Office, Enterprise Information Systems, spoke at an Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association luncheon and outlined several market trends.
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