OMB moves forward with e-gov architecture
The Office of Management and Budget by October expects to issue the first complete version of an enterprise architecture for its 24 e-government projects.
OFPP draws heat for planned time and materials provision
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is coming under fire from agency procurement officials, members of Congress and industry groups for adding a provision to the upcoming Section 803 Federal Acquisition Regulation.
Bush creates a Homeland Security transition office
President Bush yesterday signed an executive order establishing an office for Homeland Security Department transition planning within the Office of Management and Budget. The office will plan and orchestrate the mix of several large agencies into the proposed cabinet department.
National Defense University creates an e-gov discipline
With the administration focusing on e-government, federal managers are going back to school.
FedCIRC plans Web portal
Government network security officials will have better access to software and information through a new knowledge management portal from the Federal Computer Incident Response Center.
DOD takes initial steps toward new finance net
The Defense Department's financial systems are in such disrepair it takes nearly four months to generate a departmentwide year-end statement.
Web sites highlight accessibility
The General Services Administration and the IT Industry Council have released a set of best practices to help vendors fill out a template that highlights the accessible features of their products.
Disability Caucus to press members about 508
The House Disability Caucus is lobbying fellow members to make their Web sites Section 508-compliant. At least one member of the 30-person caucus is introducing a bill to force the legislative branch to abide by the accessibility law. Of more than 400 member and committee Web sites, few meet the requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998, from which Congress exempted itself.
USPS readies business portal
Postal Service officials don't measure the documentation business mailers send them by thickness in inches, but in how many feet high the records stand.
FedCIRC will work with university's CERT
The Federal Computer Incident Response Center is putting together a pilot to stop hacker attacks on agency Web sites. FedCIRC, a General Services Administration unit that is to be part of the proposed Homeland Security Department, is joining with Carnegie Mellon University's CERT Coordination Center to collect and analyze data from sensors in agency firewalls and intrusion detection systems.
Army's Borland wins award at FGIPC conference; 13 intergovernmental projects get kudos for service
The Army's Dave Borland this month received the John Franke Award from the Federation of Government Information Processing Councils at the Management of Change Conference in New Orleans.
GSA teams will help reorganize FTS and FSS
The General Services Administration will likely make some changes based on four recommendations of Accenture LLP, administrator Stephen Perry says.
OPM will host second IT job fair in August
Agencies liked the virtual IT job fair in April so much that they are calling for a second one later this summer.
HUD develops metrics to measure IT
The Housing and Urban Development Department is creating a set of standard metrics to evaluate its IT projects.
Who will take IT reins at new department?
Whoever ascends to the CIO post at the proposed Homeland Security Department faces an unprecedented technical challenge.
OPM previews Recruitment One-Stop
The Office of Personnel Management this week gave a glimpse into the Recruitment One-Stop jobs portal, which is scheduled to open in January. OPM released a request for information outlining requirements for Recruitment One-Stop, one of the Office of Management and Budget's 24 e-government initiatives.
Customs CIO: Architecture eases planning
S.W. 'Woody' Hall compares an agency's enterprise architecture to a set of building codes.
Senator's office is on paper diet
It didn't take long for Ngozi Pole to realize his vision of a paperless congressional office was unrealistic. But the IT director for Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) also refused to succumb to the endless paper shuffling that working on Capitol Hill usually requires.
Small can be good
When it comes to contracting, big agencies have clout that small agencies don't, because of the sheer power of volume purchasing.
FGIPC honors Army deputy CIO; 13 projects also lauded
NEW ORLEANS'Dave Borland, deputy CIO for the Army, on Monday received the John Franke Award for his contribution to the federal IT community from the Federation of Government Information Processing Councils at the Management of Change Conference.
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