Modernization

Stimulus law Web site in flux

An online dialogue to improve the Recovery.gov Web site functioned better than an RFI, according to the National Academy of Public Administration's analysis.

Modernization

HUD expands multilingual Web site

HUD site offers information about fair housing to people with limited English skills.

Modernization

Industry outscores government for Web site quality

Federal sites, on average, scored lower than those of state governments and industry on a 100-point scale devised by a Brookings Institution researcher.

Modernization

White House says transparency, collaboration are IT goals

The Obama administration tells agency heads to work toward transparency and collaboration in their IT projects in fiscal 2011.

Modernization

Online forum slow for Regulations.gov

A federal Web site created to collect ideas for improving Regulations.gov is getting off to a relatively slow start.

People

Feds to give states $250M for education data

States will get the $250 million for student data systems under the economic stimulus law.

People

White House starts transparency Web site

The White House today started operating its Open Government Initiative Web site.

Digital Government

Feds launch Data.gov today

The Obama administration today got the Data.gov Web site up and running. It offers federal databases to the public.

Modernization

More rules are due on stimulus money

OMB will issue a third round of guidance in early May to help agencies handle the data reporting and audit requirements of the economic stimulus law.

Modernization

City Web sites track new federal money

Several cities have established Web sites to track the $50 billion in economic stimulus spending cities will get.

Modernization

Agencies to hold online talk with IT community

Starting April 27, OMB and the stimulus oversight board will ask the IT community how to best achieve transparency for reporting spending under the economic stimulus law.

Modernization

States launch stimulus-tracking sites

All 50 states are now online with stimulus act Web sites, but they vary in quality and usefulness.

Modernization

41 states and DC now publishing tax-expenditure reports

Many states are now releasing tax-break tallies, according to a new report.

Modernization

Lawmakers lag in publishing schedules online

Only 10 members of Congress publish their schedules on their Web sites despite encouragement from transparency advocates.

Modernization

Groups push for lobbying Web site

Watchdog organizations want a single Web site that aggregates reports of meetings between lobbyists and federal executives related to stimulus funding.

Modernization

Federal 100 winner: Dinah F.B. Cohen

As director of the Defense Department's Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program, Dinah Cohen had the vision and leadership to create an exceptional program that provides assistive technology and accommodation services to wounded service members and federal employees with disabilities.

Modernization

Issa wants subcontract data on Recovery.gov

GOP Rep. Darrell Issa considers the lack of subcontractor data to be a weak spot in Recovery.gov.

Modernization

Agencies have problems collecting Recovery.gov data

Agencies must post information that accounts for how they have used the funds on federal programs or distributed as grants to states and local governments.

Modernization

Recovery.gov linked to other stimulus tracking sites

The White House's Recovery.gov Web site for tracking stimulus spending is posting links to federal and state sites.

Modernization

USA.gov will move to cloud computing

A contractor will provide hosting, storage and disaster recovery services for GSA’s Web portals.