Prototype gateway will test authentication needs
By this time next year, Stephen Timchak expects to have rolled out a system to confirm the identity of authorized users of e-government systems.
Bush brass will seek separate funding for architecture work
HERSHEY, Pa.'The Office of Management and Budget no longer wants to depend on the CIO Council's money for its federal architecture work.
OMB names Microsoft and IBM tools as e-gov platforms
HERSHEY, Pa.'Slowly, a plan is emerging for taking the administration's 24 Quicksilver projects from ideas on paper to interactive online services.
GAO questions competitive sourcing plans
Neither the Bush administration's efforts to open some federal jobs to competition from the private sector nor Congress' plans for competitive sourcing meet the recommendations of the Commercial Activities Panel, the comptroller general has concluded.
OMB looks at Web standards for all agencies
HERSHEY, Pa.'The Office of Management and Budget is drafting a recommendation that calls for federal Web sites to have a similar look.
FAR councils: Heed capital planning rules
A new Federal Acquisition Regulation rule requires agencies to pay more attention to capital planning rules under the Clinger-Cohen Act.
Their job: Find the best fit for people in IT jobs
Between them, Laura Callahan and Ira Hobbs bring more than 40 years of federal service to their positions as co-chairs of the CIO Council's Workforce and Human Capital for IT Committee.
Delaware eases highway congestion
With more than 11,000 miles of roads in a state that is only 1,982 square miles, Delaware transportation officials decided that building more roads was an unattractive option to relieve traffic congestion.
U.S.-Canadian projects to shore up border are under way
The Customs Service and the Canadian Customs and Revenue Agency have begun a pilot of an intelligent transportation system that uses Global Positioning System data to monitor ships in the St. Lawrence Seaway.
GAO questions administration, congressional stances on competitive sourcing
Neither the Bush administration's nor Congress' competitive sourcing initiatives meet the recommendations of the Commercial Activities Panel, the comptroller general says.
FAR councils tell agencies to heed capital planning rules
The Federal Acquisition Regulation councils late last month issued a final injunction requiring agencies to pay more attention to capital planning rules under the Clinger-Cohen Act. The rules apply when agencies place task-order or delivery-order contracts through Federal Supply Service schedules or governmentwide acquisition contracts.
OMB prepares a guide for agencies' Web content and design
Federal Web sites could soon have a similar look. The Office of Management and Budget is writing its recommendations for standards for site content management.
FERC will trim its CIO office staff by half
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is reorganizing its CIO office'trimming the staff by 50 percent and reassigning employees almost exclusively to policy and oversight duties.
Feds discuss plans to merge systems for proposed HSD
HERSHEY, Pa.'The Homeland Security Office has begun meeting regularly with the IT officials in the 24 organizations slated to become part of the proposed HS Department.
As 9-11 nears, INS set to test new entry app
The Immigration and Naturalization Service will commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by launching a new fingerprint identification system it hopes will help prevent more attacks.
OMB releases Part 2 of federal architecture model
The Office of Management and Budget will release the second section of the federal enterprise architectural model in the next two months. Bob Haycock, OMB's chief architect, said the performance reference model will include outcomes and metrics agencies will use to measure performance against business practices.
Most e-gov initiatives are ready to take off
Mark Forman and his colleagues at the Office of Management and Budget expect to be busy over the next four months with the launch of up to 21 first or second iterations of the 24 Quicksilver e-government initiatives.
IRMCO recognizes individual, team work
The efforts of Janice Haith, an Air Force division chief for plans, programs and resources, and the Social Security Administration Inspector General Office's World Trade Center response team, New York field division, today were honored by the Interagency Resources Management Council.
Homeland Security Office will set up a videoconferencing system
The Homeland Security Office is setting up a secure videoconferencing system to let director Tom Ridge communicate more easily with state governors.
Network to give EPA clearer picture
The Environmental Protection Agency receives seven major quarterly reports from state agencies and private facilities on topics ranging from drinking water to hazardous waste.
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