Study finds investment in e-gov is still a government priority
Even in this time of tight budgets, government's commitment to reaching citizens through e-government is strong, according to a new report by the General Services Administration's Interagency Advisory Board. <br>
OPM appeals GAO decision on Recruitment One-Stop
The Office of Personnel Management is asking the General Accounting Office to reconsider the bid protest decision it handed down regarding the contract for OPM's Recruitment One-Stop e-government project.<br>
Four agencies get e-gov rating boost on OMB management scorecard
The departments of Health and Human Services and State, the General Services Administration and the Agency for International Development took the biggest recent steps toward gaining green ratings for e-government on the President's Management Agenda's scorecard. <br>
GSA hires SRA to support acquisition institute
The General Services Administration has awarded SRA International Inc. a five-year, $8.2 million support contract to help the Federal Acquisition Institute revamp its acquisition services.<br>
Davis moves services bill through committee
Rep. Tom Davis has come a step closer to changing the way the government buys services and trains the acquisition work force. <br>
FirstGov wins $100,000 innovations award
After relaunching the FirstGov Web portal earlier this week, GSA yesterday won a $100,000 grant from the Institute for Government Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. <br>
GAO ruling puts Recruitment One-Stop in limbo
The Recruitment One-Stop project hit e-government purgatory after the General Accounting Office sustained a protest of the $62 million contract to revamp the usajobs.opm.gov site.
State and local governments can use IT Schedule contracts
Starting today, state and local governments can buy IT products and services through the Federal Supply Service's schedule contracts. <br>
FGIPC and IAC hire new director
The Industry Advisory Council and the Federal Government Information Processing Councils today named Joiwind Ronen as the new executive director of the organizations.
Daniels resigns as OMB director
Mitchell E. Daniels Jr., a force behind President Bush's Management Agenda, will step down as OMB director.
Navy tests smart cards for logging on to NMCI
About 30 employees in the Navy's CIO office this week began a second round of tests using Common Access Cards to log on to the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet.<br>
OMB and GSA will streamline enterprise licensing
Two agencies hope to drive down the cost of enterprise licensing and improve the overall terms the government gets from software vendors.<br>
Army's next quest: worldwide bandwidth
Now that the Iraq war has shown the possibilities of battlefield connectivity, the Army has a nearly unquenchable thirst for bandwidth throughout the world. <br>
OMB will spend $500,000 on the next wave of e-gov
The Office of Management and Budget will allocate $500,000 of its $5 million e-government fund to hire a contractor to assess cross-agency collaboration and consolidation in six government lines of business.<br>
Marine Corps hires SRA for system services
The Marine Corps last week awarded SRA International Inc. a seven-year, $115 million contract to support IT at the Command, Control, Communications and Computers CIO Directorate.
OMB tightens screws on business cases
The days of agencies giving the Office of Management and Budget multiple IT business cases for back-office operations are over.
Administration supports Rep. Davis' acquisition bill
In a short six months, the Bush Administration has warmed to many of the provisions in Rep. Tom Davis' Services Acquisition Reform Act.<br>
GAO preps investment advice
As pressure increases on agencies to justify their IT investments, the General Accounting Office is preparing a tool to make the job easier. GAO this summer will release its updated IT Investment Management Framework to give agencies a methodology for improving their capital planning and investment control processes.
GovBenefits touted as e-gov model
On the first anniversary of GovBenefits.gov, praise for the Labor Department's portal as an e-government model.<br>
GSA opens HUBZone governmentwide contract for business
The General Services Administration rolled out its latest IT governmentwide acquisition contract for firms in the Historically Underutilized Business Zone program yesterday.<br>
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