Ortego will step down at National Finance Center
John Ortego, director of the Agriculture Department's National Finance Center, last week announced he would retire after more than 32 years of federal service, effective Jan. 31.
Davis says feds are hobbled in A-76 process
When it comes to competing for federal jobs with the private sector, agencies must overcome hiring and retention problems if they want a fair shot at keeping the jobs within government, Rep. Tom Davis said at a hearing late last month.
At 1st birthday, e-gov push toddles along
Almost a year after the Office of Management and Budget outlined an ambitious rollout of 24'now 25'e-government initiatives, project leaders have had mixed success in meeting deadlines.
GSA successfully tests E-Authentication gateway prototype
The General Services Administration's prototype of the E-Authentication gateway last week passed its initial test and is being geared up to handle transactions for five or six other projects by Dec. 31.
Working groups study homeland security agencies' IT setups
If Congress approves the creation of the proposed Homeland Security Department, much of its IT infrastructure could be planned extensively in advance.
Ortego steps down as director of National Finance Center
John Ortego, director of the Agriculture Department's National Finance Center, yesterday announced he would retire, effective Jan. 31, after more than 32 years of federal service. In more than five years heading the NFC, Ortego significantly changed the way the payroll service provider works, and now, he said, it is time to move on.
NARA issues e-mail archiving guide
The National Archives and Records Administration yesterday released a guide detailing how agencies can provide NARA with e-mail and message attachments for archiving as records.
Lawmakers still hope to finish an e-gov bill this year
House lawmakers are making a late push to give agencies more than $200 million in e-government funds and to establish some type of governmentwide IT manager.
Davis says personnel shortage weakens agencies in A-76 competitions
When it comes to competing for federal jobs with the private sector, agencies must overcome hiring and retention problems if they want a fair shot at keeping the jobs within government, <b>Rep. Tom Davis</b> said.
Agencies tie IT security to budgets
With a little prodding from the Office of Management and Budget, agency IT managers are tying system security to their enterprise infrastructures through the budget process. Some said today that securing their infrastructures ranks just as high as e-government for fiscal 2003.
Prototype for USPS wins Lockheed sorting system contract
The Postal Service yesterday hired Lockheed Martin Corp.'s Distribution Technologies division to install an automated small-package processing system in 74 postal facilities by June 2005.
Load testing delays Online Rulemaking's debut
Although the Transportation Department planned to launch its Online Rulemaking portal this week, the DOT team has found it needs a couple of more weeks to make sure the system that can handle 1,000 simultaneous users.
Most agencies on track for competition goals
Angela Styles said she is impressed by the progress agencies are making in meeting President Bush's goal of subjecting government positions to competition.
OMB's revised A-76 is nearly ready
A pilot phase of the revised OMB Circular A-76 will likely involve IT functions, procurement czar Angela Styles said last week.
Agencies must pick new payroll shops soon
By month's end, the government will settle on the two to four payroll systems that agencies will have to migrate to by September 2004.
Forman pushes House to meet e-gov fund request
The Bush administration is applying a full-court press to the House to authorize its request for a $45 million e-government fund. Mark Forman, the Office of Management and Budget's associate director for IT and e-government, yesterday told lawmakers that the fund was 'critical to achieving the promise of e-government.'
Styles says A-76 best-value method could be tested on IT functions
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy likely will use IT functions to test a proposed integrated acquisition method for competing government jobs.
OMB looks to extend architecture to DOD, intelligence
The Office of Management and Budget is beginning to figure out how to integrate the federal enterprise architecture with the Defense Department and intelligence agencies systems.
Study lists success factors for cross-jurisdictional e-gov projects
The Industry Advisory Council and the General Services Administration today released a report outlining the characteristics of successful federal, state and local e-government projects. The study researched 23 initiatives and found five successful projects that included a federal agency working with state and/or local agencies.
GSA mulls charging a fee to access some FedBizOpps features
The General Services Administration is considering charging vendors a fee to use the advanced features of the FedBizOpps Web portal, the governmentwide repository of contract opportunities worth more than $25,000.
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