Service wants portal to be one-stop shop for workers' needs
Army officials are preparing the last of four memos asking IT managers to consolidate systems around the Army Knowledge Online portal.
GSA will field new services initiatives
To describe his work at the General Services Administration, the Federal Technology Service's John Johnson likes this saying: 'I get to eat my own dog food.'
At the crux of collaborative projects: joint business cases
Agencies quickly found out how tough it is to meet the business case requirements the Office of Management and Budget laid out in its Circular A-11 guidance.
Forman: The changes will touch feds, citizens and businesses
Mark Forman, the Office of Management and Budget's administrator for e-government and IT, joined the administration in June 2001 to lead efforts toward e-government. Since then, his office has developed the first wave of consolidation projects, called Quicksilver, and set the table for others by demanding that agency leaders submit business cases that adhere to the President's Management Agenda and reflect Forman's familiar rallying cry of 'unify and simplify.'
Interior unearths GIS portal
With the launch of the GeoSpatial One-Stop portal, the Interior Department nudged forward the government's goal of establishing a nationwide geospatial infrastructure.<br>
Administration OKs plan for health programs IT architecture
Health and Human Service will begin work on a Federal Health Architecture that will incorporate multiple agencies' health-care programs.<br>
CIOs face challenges that involve more than IT
CIOs are finding that they no longer are managing only the IT aspects of projects. They also face the need to get employees to think differently about e-government.<br>
OPM adds two executives to deal with procurement issues
After getting slammed by the General Accounting Office for how it ran the Recruitment One-Stop acquisition, the Office of Personnel Management is calling in the cavalry, hiring two senior procurement executives to manage agencywide and e-government acquisitions.
Senate confirms Bolten for OMB
The Senate yesterday unanimously confirmed Joshua B. Bolten as Office of Management and Budget director.<br>
GAO chief supports giving employees A-76 appeal rights
As the General Accounting Office considers whether to give federal employees appeal rights in competitions between industry and federal employees for government work, GAO's comptroller general says he believes there are some cases where feds should be able to appeal.
Senate hires first CIO
Greg Hanson, the first CIO for the Senate Sergeant at Arms, said his job likely will be more about management and less about technology.
OMB sets data rules for announcing grants
OMB earlier this week issued a final set of 27 data standards for agencies to use when posting grant opportunities on Grants.gov.<br>
How do you define your IT job? The CIO Council wants to know
The CIO Council is re-evaluating the definitions of IT positions and their place in organizations.<br>
Agencies opt out of competing 500,000 of 850,000 jobs, OMB says
The Bush administration's goal of competing 850,000 federal jobs for possible outsourcing has hit a snag. <br>
OPM gives agencies direct-hire authority
Agencies needing to fill IT security positions quickly now have the authority to directly hire the workers.<br>
Union alleges new A-76 'trumped Congress'
The Office of Management and Budget's revised Circular A-76 ran into its first lawsuit yesterday, but it's not about what most observers expected.<br>
GAO mulls A-76 protest rights
By the end of summer, federal employees could have the option of appealing competitive-sourcing decisions made under new Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 reviews.
OMB revises architecture models
The Bush administration has penned a plan to fundamentally change the way agencies use systems to meet their missions, federal IT and industry executives say.
TSP retirement system is done despite delays
More than 3 million federal employees finally have a modern retirement record-keeping system. The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board last week launched its new computer system after five years of fits and starts.
President's Management Agenda begins to take root
Federal managers have made enough progress on the President's Management Agenda for the beatings to stop. The Office of Management and Budget, which has at times forcefully pushed the agenda, is instead ready to cheer agencies' initial successes.
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