Study: More feds work just for the money
NEW ORLEANS'The number of federal employees who are motivated by a paycheck rather than by performing a job that benefits society has sharply increased since Sept. 11, according to a new Brookings Institution report scheduled to be released June 20.
HUD will measure success of IT projects
NEW ORLEANS'The Department of Housing and Urban Development is using metrics to evaluate the success of its IT projects within the agency's mission.
AFFIRM: Cultural resistance blunts e-gov efforts
NEW ORLEANS'Cultural, organizational and resource barriers are the top obstacles to e-government implementation, according to a white paper released yesterday by the Association for Federal Information Resources Management at the Federation of Government Information Processing Councils' Management of Change Conference.
OMB: E-gov projects will help reduce bad payments
Bush administration officials expect that two of the 24 e-government initiatives will help the government lower the $20 billion in erroneous payments agencies made in fiscal 2001.
FirstGov's new search engine is ready to go
The General Services Administration will launch the FirstGov portal's new search engine on time, according to a GSA source.
Architecture site set
By month's end, the Office of Management and Budget wants to unveil a Web site where agencies can post their systems architecture plans.
Senate chooses Signal to handle IT for its offices
The Senate Sergeant at Arms recently awarded Signal Corp. a $100 million contract for systems services at all Senate offices in Washington and at 450 field offices across the country.
Bill would create cybersecurity group at NIST
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has passed an IT research bill that would create a cybersecurity office within the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology. S 2182 now awaits a vote by the full Senate.
Agencies still wary of seat management
The government has run seat management programs for nearly four years, but agencies still are sitting on task orders that could get the program moving.
Training site goes to head of the class
It's graduation time for the National Learning Center. The Web site, at <a href="http://www.nlc.gov">www.nlc.gov</a>, began letting government IT employees take training courses online as a test, but the project now has the official imprimatur of the Office of Management and Budget's e-government program. OPM e-government project manager Norm Enger is geared up to introduce more e-training to the federal government.
Haycock is named to connect e-gov projects
The Office of Management and Budget earlier this month created a chief architect position to manage its 24 e-government projects and work on the overall federal IT framework.
Working group puts security into enterprise model
The CIO Council's enterprise architecture working group will emphasize security and accessibility when it updates the federal architecture model later this year.
Arizona offers road updates via 511
Through a grant from the U.S. Transportation Department, Arizona has became the third state to keep its residents updated on traffic conditions through the 511 national traveler information telephone number.
Charge-tracking improves GSA card control
A new component of the General Services Administration's financial management system tracks how employees use government purchase cards.
Senate awards $100 million IT services contract
The Senate Sergeant of Arms recently awarded Signal Corp. a $100 million contract for systems services at all Senate offices in Washington and at 450 field offices across the country.
Bad report
A bad report from an auditor can do more than ruin you day. In an extreme case, it can threaten a cherished program or project that has absorbed a lot of time, effort and funds.
OMB Web site will post inventoried agency architectures
The Office of Management and Budget is developing a Web site to make agencies' plans for system architectures accessible to government officials and vendors. Norman Lorentz, OMB's chief technology officer, said yesterday the Enterprise Architecture Management System should be online by the end of June.
Defense will base revisions to A-76 process on panel's plan
The Defense Department this summer will issue a plan to improve competitions for privatizing federal programs under OMB Circular A-76.
DOD tests single sign-on system for paperless contracting
The Defense Department this summer will test a one-stop security sign-in for its paperless contracting environment.
GAO says many agencies have GPRA troubles
The Government Performance and Results Act remains a mystery to many agencies, the General Accounting Office says.
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