Digital Government

Are Agencies Drowning in Data Mandates?

There's the DATA Act, the OPEN Government Act and others. Can agencies keep up?

  • By Mohana Ravindranath
Digital Government

Mobile Devices, HR Software Top List of Federal IT Waste

Several government tech programs could be streamlined, a watchdog report found.

  • By Mohana Ravindranath
Digital Government

Senator: Using USAJobs.gov is Like ‘Typing information Into the Black Hole’

Agencies should start using social media platforms such as LinkedIn to post job openings, said one witness at a Senate roundtable.

  • By Mohana Ravindranath
Modernization

How Many Data Centers Does the Government Actually Need?

Based on the definition of a nontiered data center, even a broom closet in a remote location with a server inside qualifies as such.

  • By Frank Konkel
Emerging Tech

What Will OMB's New Requirements Do for Federal Customer Service?

The 2016 directive is a strong signal from the House appropriations committee that the government’s efforts to improve customer service following an executive order in 2011 have not gone far enough.

  • By Frank Konkel
Digital Government

OMB Releases Guidelines for Government Spending Data

The DATA Act requires federal agencies to report how much congressional funding they receive, or how much money they're spending on specific projects, and post it to USAspending.gov.

  • By Mohana Ravindranath
Ideas

DATA Act at Year 1: In Need of a Growth Hormone

For the first time, the DATA Act has made it someone's job to define, and later enforce, common standards that will allow users to match and search across financial, budget and award reports.

  • By Hudson Hollister and John Marshall
Ideas

Does FITARA Guidance Go Far Enough in Optimizing Software Licenses?

Here are the four levels of software license optimization maturity -- currently in use by private industry -- can could ferret out the billions of dollars of waste in federal software spend.

  • By Jim Ryan
Digital Government

OMB Blueprint for IT Reform Coming Soon

Agencies still need to get to work determining how to meet FITARA because a postponement in OMB guidance won’t be an excuse when Congress comes calling.

  • By Frank Konkel
Digital Government

Rollout of New CIO Powers Could be 'Uneven,' DOJ CIO Says

At a recent conference, Justice Department Chief Information Officer Joe Klimavicz said some agencies will be quicker to enact the federal IT reform.

  • By Mohana Ravindranath
Cybersecurity

White House Debuts Dot-Gov Cyber Enforcement Squad

"E-gov Cyber" will release data breach notification rules and score agencies' compliance with security policies.

  • By Aliya Sternstein
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