GAO endorses Defense acquisition work force approach
The GAO, which estimates the government has lost up to 22 percent of its contracting personnel over the last decade, says civilian agencies should study the Defense Department's strategy for coping with a shortage of acquisition personnel.
IRS makes tax e-filing free for many
The IRS yesterday launched Free File at IRS.gov, making it possible for 60 percent of taxpayers to file returns online. <br>
OPM awards contract for recruitment site redesign
The Office of Personnel Management has awarded a contract to redesign the government's employment Web site, <i>www.usajobs.opm.gov</i>.<br>
Labor's Callahan to become new AFFIRM president
The Association for Federal Information Resources Management named Laura Callahan, the Labor Department's deputy CIO, to succeed Debra Stouffer as president.
Daniels: '04 IT budget about $60 billion
Mitchell E. Daniels Jr., director of the Office of Management and Budget, today said the Bush administration's request for federal IT funding for fiscal 2004 could increase by more than 15 percent over the 2003 request.
OPM tentatively makes new payroll assignments
The Office of Personnel Management tentatively has assigned where the 12 agencies that need a new payroll services provider will go after OPM consolidates the government's 22 current providers down to four under the E-Payroll Quicksilver project. <br>
Feedback helps OFPP amend A-76 Circular revision
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is evaluating more than 650 comments about its proposed changes to OMB Circular A-76. <br>
Bush fills two top Homeland Security posts
President Bush said he would nominate Charles E. McQueary as undersecretary for science and technology and Michael D. Brown as undersecretary for emergency preparedness and response. <br>
108th Congress will focus on oversight
The 108th Congress will likely make its mark on federal IT more through oversight than legislation.
GSA to put governmentwide contracts under FSS
The General Services Administration this week will begin the process of moving oversight of many of its IT governmentwide acquisition contracts to the Federal Supply Service from the Federal Technology Service.
GAO: E-gov projects don't make their case
The Office of Management and Budget and the General Accounting Office are at odds over what constitutes a complete IT business case.
NARA: Digital tape, FTP are OK for records
Agencies transferring permanent records to the National Archives and Records Administration can use digital tape or File Transfer Protocol, the agency said in a final rule published in the Federal Register.
Value chain aids business cases
The Labor Department has found a strategy it hopes to use to satisfy two of the Office of Management and Budget's more complicated requirements.
Davis gets reform committee chair; could fold in IT subcommittee
Congressman Tom Davis, a sponsor of the E-Government Act of 2002 and the Services Acquisition Reform Act, has been elected chairman of the House Government Reform Committee.
USPS elevates Otto to CTO
Postmaster general John E. Potter this week shifted the Postal Service's IT organization around by naming Robert Otto the new chief technology officer.
GAO will take a second look at OMB's e-gov projects
Lawmakers' interest in the Office of Management and Budget's 25 e-government initiatives seems to be peaking. <br>
CIO Council: Protect your architecture data
The CIO Council is reminding agency CIOs to guard their enterprise architecture information and applications as closely as their core systems.<br>
NARA approves two methods for transferring records
Agencies transferring permanent records to the National Archives and Records Administration now can use digital tape or File Transfer Protocol.<br>
Agencies could be penalized for late payments to contractors
Agencies that make late interim payments to contractors on cost reimbursement contracts now are required to pay an interest penalty.<br>
OMB sets strategy for aligning architectures
OMB's Federal Enterprise Architecture Program Management Office will begin soon to determine how to align its blueprint with the assortment of architecture models agencies use. <br>
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