OMB releases agency IT budget submission requirements
The Office of Management and Budget, for the first time, is making public the requirements and instructions agencies must use when preparing their IT budget requests for the next fiscal year.
New FAS chief undertakes analysis of division
The new chief of the General Services Administration's Federal Acquisition Service is taking a broad review of the division and could make some changes as the agency's reorganization moves forward.
New database lets IT purchasers buy 'green'
An environmental consortium will unveil a federally funded database next week listing computer hardware products that meet relatively new environmentally friendly standards.
GAO report highlights high-risk IT projects
For David Powner, director of IT management issues at the Government Accountability Office, the problem with the Office of Management and Budget's data on at-risk IT projects is not so much what the information contains, but rather, what it does not. Karen Evans, OMB's administrator of E-Government and IT, begs to differ.
EPA must assess data center energy efficiency
The House of Representatives passed legislation earlier this month ordering the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study analyzing the growth and energy consumption of federal and private computer data centers.
Is the financial LOB ready for prime time?
Depending on who you talk to, the Labor Department's decision to tap the private sector for financial-management hosting services is a clear example either of what is right or wrong with the way the White House has pursued the Financial Management Line of Business initiative.
USPS gets a lift
When the Postal Service launched an initiative to better maintain safety records for its industrial vehicles, the goal was modest'reduce the agency's reporting burden. Well over a year later, though, the Powered Industrial Vehicle Management System has produced a significant number of benefits, not only automating the reporting process but improving safety and helping USPS better manage its industrial fleet.
Senate appropriators restore funding for RSM project
Office of Personnel Management officials breathed a huge sigh of relief yesterday when Senate appropriators restored funding for the agency's massive Retirement Systems Modernization project.
CIOs crucial to financial-management performance
Chief financial officers are in agreeement that as agencies modernize their financial management systems, they must reach out to and collaborate with their CIO counterparts.
Database spending bill could move quickly in the Senate
Legislation creating an online database to track all kinds of federal spending could be on the fast track in the Senate.
GSA to seek smart card for Social Security
The General Services Administration will issue solicitations seeking smart-card services and devices next month on behalf of the Social Security Administration.
OMB's reminder on FISMA reporting
The Office of Management and Budget reminded agencies of a few significant additions as they start work on their annual reporting requirements under the Federal Information Security Management Act.
OMB should sharpen IT project analyses: GAO
With 79 high-risk IT projects totaling about $2.2 billion in danger of running behind schedule or failing, congressional watchdogs say the Office of Management and Budget needs to sharpen the tools it uses to oversee and monitor agency IT spending.
Labor needs Intranet search engine
The Labor Department is seeking industry input as it looks for a search engine capable of searching one of the agency's Apache-based Intranet portals.
Senate hold puts new EPA CIO in limbo
Molly O'Neill, the White House's choice to be the new Environmental Protection Agency CIO, will have to wait longer because two New Jersey senators have placed an indefinite hold on the nomination over environmental regulations.
OPM awards contracts OPM awards contracts
The Office of Personnel Management tapped U.S. Investigative Services of Falls Church, Va., to provide back-office and administrative support for agency officials who perform background investigations on potential government employees and contractors.
Doan's plan for GSA's Renaissance
It's appropriate that Lurita Alexis Doan draws inspiration from the Renaissance'after all, the new administrator of the General Services Administration is trying to pull the much-maligned agency through a rebirth of its own. In fact, Doan is not only aiming to reform GSA, but significantly alter government contracting.
Bethel to lead GSA office
The General Services Administration has tapped David Bethel as its new associate administrator of the Office of Citizen Services and Communications.
OPM hires USIS for background check support
The Office of Personnel Management tapped U.S. Investigative Services for back-office and administrative support for agency officials who perform background investigations on potential government employees and contractors.
GPO wants feedback as IG office modernizes
The Government Printing Office is gauging industry interest in helping the agency's inspector general improve its auditing abilities over the next several years.
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