Wanted: Agencies scramble to find qualified project managers
By September 2004, agencies must have a full-time project manager, with commercial certification and significant experience, for each IT project worth more than $5 million.
OPM retools HR analysis
Even though only about five or six people per agency will have access to the Office of Personnel Management's new work force planning and analysis tools, the tools will affect almost all federal employees.
Association develops jobs Web site for SES members
Members of the Senior Executives Association now have a Web site to check out job opportunities.<br>
OMB guides agencies to meet IT security law
New guidelines released for evaluating information technology security.
Forman's legacy is one of better IT management
As the news spread that Mark Forman will leave the Office of Management and Budget for the private sector, reaction in the federal IT community was not of surprise, but of understanding and consideration.<br>
OMB issues guide on E-Government Act
The Office of Management and Budget has issued new guidance on how to achieve the administration's e-government vision.<br>
Mark Forman leaving OMB
E-government czar Mark Forman will leave Aug. 15 for the private sector. OMB chief technology officer Norm Lorentz will be acting administrator for E-Government and IT.<br>
GSA details an interim plan for federal software licenses
The General Services Administration today issued interim procedures for the SmartBuy governmentwide software licensing initiative.
Commission recommends that USPS drop e-commerce
The Postal Service should drop its e-commerce initiatives and spend its resources strictly on mail delivery, the President's Commission on the U.S. Postal Service has concluded in a new report.<br>
OPM overhauls USAJobs site
The Office of Personnel Management has launched the revamped federal jobs site with a new user interface that simplifies navigation and job searches.<br>
Kaplan becomes OMB deputy director
The Senate yesterday unanimously confirmed Joel David Kaplan to be deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget. <br>
Amtrak shortfall puts e-gov fund off track?
Amtrak derailed the $5 million E-Government Fund.In the fiscal 2004 Treasury, Transportation and independent agencies appropriations bill, lawmakers late last month slashed the Office of Management and Budget's e-gov account to $1 million to help make up for a $1.5 billion shortfall for the train service.
OMB bends on outsourcing goals
Having threatened to veto two bills that contained provisions on competitive sourcing, the White House late last month extended a peace offering to Congress.
OMB and GAO disagree over privacy compliance
The Office of Management and Budget and the General Accounting Office are butting heads over the ability of agencies to assure the protection of individual privacy rights in agency systems.<br>
Policies and Practices: Make or break for e-government
If you listen closely, you can hear the drum the Office of Management and Budget is beating for e-government. Over the next 11 months, it will grow louder and stronger.
GSA kicks off governmentwide customer service program
GSA today launched the first iteration of the USA Services initiative, which will answer misdirected e-mail, postal mail and telephone calls.<br>
Hey, it's just business: As e-gov projects evolve, some agencies shift control from CIOs' offices
As agencies recognize the importance of e-government and the obstacles to its success, some are trying a different approach.
OMB doles out $1.6 million to SBA for e-gov project
For the second straight year, the Small Business Administration's e-government project is one of the few Quicksilver initiatives to receive money from the e-government fund.
OMB tells SBA to develop e-forms system
The Office of Management and Budget has directed the Small Business Administration to roll out an electronic-forms system.
OPM rejects GAO advice on portal contract
The Office of Personnel Management last week took the highly unusual step of rejecting a General Accounting Office recommendation, deciding not to recompete the contract for the Recruitment One-Stop Quicksilver Project.
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