Doan: GSA will be 'turned around'
Lurita Alexis Doan told senators today that she will turn around the General Services Administration if confirmed as the agency's new administrator.
White House wants limits on competitive sourcing out of funding bill
The Bush administration wants Congress to alter language in pending appropriations legislation that prevents several key agencies'such as the Agriculture and Interior departments'from participating in certain E-government initiatives and limits the agencies' use of competitive sourcing.
Is IT still in sight?
House Government Reform Committee chairman Tom Davis moved technology oversight from the subcommittee level to the full committee, raising hopes that IT initiatives would benefit from the larger stage. But a review of committee activities since the change suggests that attention to important IT initiatives appears to be waning.
GSA awards Raytheon FirstGov.gov task order
The General Services Administration has tapped Raytheon Co.'s Information Solutions to provide new hosting and professional services solutions to a handful of government Web portals, including FirstGov.gov.
OPM finally gets rolling on a new retirement system
It has been a long time coming, but the Office of Personnel Management seems to be on track to revolutionize how the government tracks, maintains and processes retirement information for its employees.
Labor planning solicitation for PIV cards
The Labor Department will be issuing a solicitation in the next two weeks for a solution that will provide Personal Identity Verification identification cards to agency employees and contractors.
EPA, industry launch green IT buying initiative
The Environmental Protection Agency and an industry trade group formally unveiled a new standard and registry that help large purchasers of IT'namely, the government' make environmentally sound decisions when buying computer equipment.
OPM revamps long-term-care insurance Web site
The Office of Personnel Management has launched a revamped Web site for the Federal Long Term Care Insurance program, the largest group long-term-care insurance program in the country.
GSA taps Johnson as acting ITS assistant commissioner
The General Services Administration today named John Johnson as the agency's acting Integrated Technology Solutions assistant commissioner effective June 5.
Transportation RFP for financial-management support
The Transportation Department is looking to the private sector for help with certain financial-management support functions.
OMB cites lack of funding, as agency E-gov scores slip
The latest quarterly President's Management Agenda scorecard suggests the administration still has its work cut out for it as it tries to convince a skeptical Congress of the benefits of its E-government initative.
OPM awards $290 million RSM contract to Hewitt Associates
The Office of Personnel Management awarded Hewitt Associates of Lincolnshire, Ill., with its long-awaited Retirement Systems Modernization contract, a program OPM hopes will revolutionize how it computes and releases federal retirement benefits.
IRS struggles to take next step in E-filing
The height of tax season may be past, but the IRS is still feeling the pinch, as the agency tries to expand its electronic filing and free tax services. With Congress hot on the case, IRS officials are acutely aware that the pressure is on to make tax services more accessible.
Senate panel okays GSA reorg
The General Services Administration's pending reorganization inched closer to reality today after a key Senate committee cleared legislation that formally blesses the merger of the agency's Federal Supply and Technology services.
Management issues 'eroding' FAA telecom deal: IG
The Federal Aviation Administration's centralized telecommunications network is falling behind schedule and may not produce the savings and benefits the new system was expected to provide, the Transportation Department's inspector general said.
SBA names Liu CIO
The Small Business Administration has tapped 27-year government veteran Christine Liu as its new chief information officer.
As e-gov projects grow, feds seek performance metrics
If the White House's e-government initiatives are going to reach their stated goals, the government must establish new ways of promoting and touting the success of their initiatives.
OPM seeks wireless Internet at FEI campus
The Office of Personnel Management issued a solicitation for installing wireless Internet service at the Federal Executive Institute's campus.
Emily Murphy | After the storm
To say these are trying times at the General Services Administration would be an understatement. But for chief acquisition officer Emily Murphy, it is business as usual as she implements an ambitious program to better train and educate GSA's acquisition workforce'the lifeblood of the organization.
OMB wants compliance with LOBs, e-gov in budget submissions
The Office of Management and Budget reminded agencies that they must demonstrate how they are implementing the administration's Lines of Business Consolidation Initiative in their fiscal 2008 budget proposals.
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