GAO denies Recruitment One-Stop appeal
The General Accounting Office has pushed the Office of Personnel Management closer to recompeting at least part of the Recruitment One-Stop contract'one of the 25 Quicksilver e-government projects. <br>
Revised OMB Circular A-76 has changes from the draft version
The long-awaited final revision of OMB Circular A-76 released last week will move the arduous process of having federal employees compete with the private sector for government work closer to the best-value methodology laid out in the Federal Acquisition Regulations for other procurements.
OMB expects A-76 circular to push management agenda
Senior administration officials today touted the new guidance for agencies to compete federal jobs with the private sector as bold, appropriately decisive and reflective in a careful way.<br>
OMB assesses next wave of e-gov projects
The Office of Management and Budget last month hired a contractor to help it evaluate prospective e-government consolidation efforts.
E-gov teams get creative
Project leaders working on the E-Grants Quicksilver initiative recognized early that they could overcome many e-government barriers by spreading the work among participating agencies.
Project managers must consult acquisition officers early, execs say
Program managers should give acquisition officials a seat at the table at the beginning of a project ' not after decisions have been made, executives said today.<br>
OMB gets down to business for 2005
As agencies prepare their fiscal 2005 budget requests, CIOs and senior IT chiefs are finding it more complicated to obtain funds for technology projects.
Bill to reform services buying nears passage
The government spends more than $135 billion each year on services, and the Services Acquisition Reform Act the House passed last month is intended to improve how agencies spend that money.
Feds give NDU passing grade on IT
Why did a contracting officer become the first person to graduate with an E-Government Leadership Certificate from the National Defense University? Judith Oxman, who works for the Defense Information Systems Agency, sees the certificate as a necessity to better understand the contracts she works on and the electronic procurement process.
OMB to release new A-76 Circular
When the Office of Management and Budget releases the new version of Circular A-76, it will contain some unexpected deviations in the use of best-value process as outlined in the Federal Acquisition Regulations that surprised at least one industry expert.
GSA's McDonough will join consulting firm
Frank McDonough, the General Services Administration's deputy associate administrator for the Office of Intergovernmental Solutions, has taken a job with the consulting firm of Guerra, Kiviat, Flyzik and Associates.
With ITES contract, Army aims to quench thirst for bandwidth
When it awards a contract for its IT Enterprise Solutions program, the Army will begin to put in place the infrastructure and bandwidth to link all soldiers and make it appear as if the Army runs one virtual database, Maj. Gen. Steven Boutelle said.
USPS hunts for bogus transactions
When it came to spotting possible cases of money laundering, Postal Service officials used to rely on a system that could see only the top layer of financial activity at post offices.
OPM promotes telework through new guide
The Office of Personnel Management has released a guide for federal managers on how to plan, implement and operate a telework program.<br>
House passes services acquisition reform provisions
The Services Acquisition Reform Act, which would change the way the government buys services, cleared the House last night.<br>
HSD names manager, sets timetable
NEW ORLEANS'The Homeland Security Department named David Boyd as the new project manager for Project Safecom, one of the Office of Management and Budget's 25 e-government initiatives, sources said.
OMB, GSA to push for bulk buys of software
The Interior Department estimates it will save $78 million by 2007 through enterprise licenses it holds for four software programs. The Navy expects similar savings from the more than 600,000 licenses it bought for personnel support software from PeopleSoft Inc. of Pleasanton, Calif.
Bush nominates Daniels' replacement to head OMB
President Bush today nominated Joshua Bolten to replace Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. as the director of the Office of Management and Budget. <br>
FTS moves forward with new financial system
The General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service expects to launch its new financial management system this fall'more than a year since it awarded a contract to Unisys Corp. <br>
Air Force awards Titan GIS support contract
The Air Force today announced it has awarded Titan Corp. of San Diego a $69 million contract for geospatial information support services. <br>
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