Architecture for homeland security agencies coming together
Technology officials in the White House's Office of Homeland Security transition planning office have detailed the IT platforms for all 22 agencies that would be included in the new Homeland Security Department.
What's the effect of the budget impasse?
House and Senate appropriations committees want to know how well agencies can meet the President's Management Agenda goals if they must operate under a long-term continuing resolution. Congress this week passed a continuing resolution to fund the government through Nov. 22, and some observers believe the fiscal 2003 budget will not be settled until February or March.<br>
75,000 jobs could be outsourced, OMB says
The Office of Management and Budget yesterday released a list of more than 75,000 federal jobs that are not inherently governmental and could be subject to competition under OMB Circular A-76. The list, which came 17 days after fiscal 2002 ended, detailed 242,843 positions at 22 agencies, of which 75,404'31 percent'are commercial in nature.<br>
Two administration sites keep feds informed
The White House and an interagency group have set up two Web sites to keep federal employees better informed. One site supplies White House information, the other is for people needing access to federal disability programs.<br>
SRA plans a new disaster loan system
The Small Business Administration this week hired SRA International Inc. of Fairfax, Va., to combine at least three disparate disaster credit management systems into one Web-interfaced system. SBA awarded the 18-month contract, worth up to $9.8 million, through the General Services Administration's Millennia Lite governmentwide acquisition contract.
Working group outlines e-gov architectures
The Office of Management and Budget's Solutions Architect Working Group is working closely with officials from 11 of the 25 Quicksilver e-government projects to develop a tool to help agencies plan, develop, implement and maintain their projects.
OMB sets rules for interagency transactions
The Office of Management and Budget has no idea how much money agencies exchange among themselves for goods and services, but that's about to change. OMB earlier this month issued two sets of standard business rules for intragovernmental and certain fiduciary transactions.
Thrift board puts record-keeping system on hold
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board earlier this month said it would delay implementation of a new record-keeping system for the Thrift Savings Plan until data processing problems are resolved.
Diaz moves to the Homeland Security Office
Top federal IT talent continues to migrate to the Homeland Security Office at the White House. Deborah Diaz, associate administrator for the General Services Administration's E-government Solutions Support Office, will join the office Oct. 28 to help create a Web presence, a GSA spokeswoman said last week.
OMB ups the ante on agency IT projects
The Office of Management and Budget has thrown down the gauntlet on agencies' IT investments'just in time for the fiscal 2004 budget cycle.
USPS talks up help desk system
When Larry Wills took over the Postal Service's internal help desk organization, he couldn't believe how difficult the automated telephone support system was to use. The manager of distributed computing and IT for USPS said it took 90 seconds to listen to the menu, which included 60 options on three submenus.
Diaz to join Homeland Security Office team
Top federal IT talent continues to migrate to the Homeland Security Office at the White House. Deborah Diaz, associate administrator for the General Services Administration's E-government Solutions Support Office, will join the office Oct. 28 to help create a Web presence, a GSA spokeswoman said today.
TSP record-keeping system delayed again
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board last Friday said it would hold off implementation of a new record-keeping system indefinitely until data processing problems are resolved.
Study finds e-gov success factors
As the Bush administration places an increased emphasis on intergovernmental collaboration, e-government projects will take on greater importance. State, local, federal and industry officials last month said these projects must do more than pay lip service to the buzzwords of communication and leadership to be successful.
Congress improves at managing e-mail
The Senate last month decided not to renew its contract with EchoMail Inc. of Cambridge, Mass., for e-mail filtering software. Instead, IT managers will depend on the Senatewide deployment of Microsoft Exchange and Outlook to better manage the 88,000 e-mail messages the Senate receives each day.
OMB sets interagency transaction standards
The Office of Management and Budget has no idea how much money agencies exchange among themselves for goods and services, but that's about to change. OMB last week issued two sets of standard business rules for intragovernmental and certain fiduciary transactions.
GSA releases E-Travel draft solicitation
After a two-month delay, the General Services Administration earlier this week released a draft request for proposals for a governmentwide online travel management system. GSA plans to roll out an online booking engine'the first iteration of the E-Travel project'by December.
CIO Council takes larger role with federal enterprise architecture
The CIO Council has reorganized its architecture and infrastructure committee and decided to include agency chief technology officers in the council, in an effort to give the council and its committees more input into policy planning.
NIST-NSA team readies systems security guidance
The National Information Assurance Partnership in the next month will release two draft guides to create standards for systems security certification and accreditation and for minimum security controls for IT.
Lawmakers adjust e-gov bills in bid to get them passed this year
The House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy last week approved the E-Government Act of 2002, but stripped out a requirement for a governmentwide CIO.
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